Amide Definition

ămīd, -ĭd
amides
noun
Any of a group of organic compounds containing the CONH2 radical (e.g., acetamide) or an acid radical in place of one hydrogen atom of an ammonia molecule (e.g., sulfanilamide)
Webster's New World
Any of the ammono bases in which one hydrogen atom of the ammonia molecule is replaced by a metal (e.g., sodium amide, NaNH2)
Webster's New World
An organic compound, such as acetamide, containing the CONH2 group.
American Heritage Medicine
The anion of ammonia, NH2− or a compound containing this anion, such as sodium amide, NaNH2 .
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Amide

Noun

Singular:
amide
Plural:
amides

Origin of Amide

  • am(monia) –ide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amide Sentence Examples

  • Wohl forms the oxime and converts it into an acetylated nitrile by means of acetic anhydride and sodium acetate; ammoniacal silver nitrate solution removes hydrocyanic acid and the resulting acetate is hydrolysed by acting with ammonia to form an amide, which is finally decomposed with sulphuric acid.

  • R'; the yield increases with the complexity of the organic residue of the acid amide.

  • In the case of Scenedesmus acutus it is said that the alga is unable to take up nitrogen in the form of a nitrate or ammoniacal salt, and requires some such substance as an amide or a peptone.

  • Barium amide, Ba(NH 2) 2, is obtained from potassammonium and barium bromide.

  • Amino-cyclo-heptane (suberylamine) is obtained by the reduction of suberone oxime or by the action of sodium hypobromite on the amide of cycloheptane carboxylic acid.

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