Amino

In chemistry, especially in organic chemistry and biochemistry, an amino group is an ammonia-like functional group composed of a nitrogen and two hydrogen atoms covalently linked.

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It is a basic functional group that can give the free electron pair of the nitrogen atom to the proton of an acid. In this process, it becomes positively charged.

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A compound containing an amino group is called an amine.

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