RingoStarr
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Is a quaternary salt of an imine possible?
Can an imine with a methyamino group form a quaternary salt with a mineral acid? For example N-Methyl-1-phenylethanimin.HCl (A.K.A. acetophenone
methylimine HCl).
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clearly_not_atara
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Yes, iminium salts exist. However, most are not isolable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iminium
A fully alkylated iminium is "tertiary", because there are three substituents ("quater-" implies four)
[Edited on 14-10-2017 by clearly_not_atara]
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Thank you for the heads-up, it is a great help to get a pointer in the right direction. Ok it's tertiary in this case because of the double bond on
the nitrogen, thanks again.
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