Amarine
/ˈæməˌriːn/noun
A crystalline organic compound formed from benzoin and ammonia, historically studied as a nitrogen-containing base.
Did you know?Amarine was reported in nineteenth-century organic chemistry as a product of benzoin reacting with ammonia, during the era when chemists were beginning to manufacture complex carbon compounds in the laboratory.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ámmōn
“Ammon, the Egyptian deity whose name later became associated with salts found near the temple of Jupiter Ammon”
Late Latin
Latin
sal ammoniacum
“Sal ammoniac, literally the salt of Ammon; the historical source of the chemical word ammonia”
1830s
French
amarin
“A newly named organic base produced in investigations involving benzoin and ammonia”
19th Century
English
amarine
“The English chemical form used for the compound C₂₁H₁₈N₂”
Modern English
English
amarine
“A historical chemical term for a benzoin–ammonia reaction product, also described in modern chemistry as a dihydroimidazole compound”