An organic compound with a six-membered carbon ring attached to an amino group, used in manufacturing rubber additives and other industrial chemicals.
From cyclohexyl (six-membered ring group) + amine (amino group, NH2). Named in 20th-century chemistry as cyclohexane ring with an amino functional group attached.
Cyclohexylamine was once used as an artificial sweetener (cyclamate) before it was banned—scientists discovered the body converted it into a potentially harmful compound, teaching us an important lesson about how the body transforms chemicals we thought were inert.
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