Compounds having two amino groups bonded to the same carbon, R2C(NR2)2. Also called geminal diamines. [The
term aminal has also been used, with consequent ambiguity, for
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-amino
ethers (hemiaminal ethers); such use is discouraged.] Cf. hemiaminals.
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