Ethanimine

Ethanimine / ethenamine
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name Ethanimine
	Other names As imine: ethylimine, ethylideneimine, ethylidenimine, acetaldehyde imine, acetaldehyde-ammonia Schiff base, acetaldimine, iminoethane; As amine: ethenamine, ethyleneamine, ethylideneamine, aminoethylene, vinylamine, vinyl amine
Identifiers
CAS Number	20729-41-3;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	11539075;
PubChem CID	140746;
	InChI InChI=1S/C2H5N/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H3 Key: MPAYEWNVIPXRDP-UHFFFAOYSA-N; InChI=1/C2H5N/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H3 Key: MPAYEWNVIPXRDP-UHFFFAOYAR;
	SMILES CC=N;
Properties
Chemical formula	C2H5N
Molar mass	43.069 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds	N-Methylmethanimine; Methanimine
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Ethanimine is an organonitrogen compound classified as an imine. It is formed by reacting acetaldehyde and ammonia, but rapidly polymerizes to acetaldehyde ammonia trimer.

It has two tautomers: ethanimine, an imine, and ethenamine or aminoethylene, an amine. Ethanimine has two hydrogens on the carbon, while ethenamine has two on the nitrogen atom.

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