1. A coordination compound formed by the combination of ammonia with a metal ion or other Lewis acid.
Usage: chemistry; technical

Examples

• Copper ammines are commonly used in laboratory experiments.
• The ammine complex formed when ammonia coordinated with the silver ion.
• Platinum ammines have important applications in cancer treatment.
• The chemist prepared a cobalt ammine by dissolving the metal salt in aqueous ammonia.
• Ammine compounds often display distinctive colors due to d-orbital transitions.