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Ammonia is the simplest example of a functional group called amines . Now, there are primary, secondary, and tertiary amines depending on the no. of Hydrogens attached to the Nitrogen in a organic compound.
These are described below.
Nh3 : Ammonia
RNH2 : Primary Amine
R2NH : Secondary amine
R3N : tertiary amine
Here R is any alkyl group. Amines play a very important role in many organic reactions.
Hope it helps.
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