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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A class of compounds that contain [ | + | A class of compounds that contain [[nitrogen|nitrogen]] in the form of a -NH2 functional group. Amides are derived from [[ammonia%20%28anhydrous%29|ammonia]]. An inorganic amide is produced by replacing the hydroxyl group in an alkali metal with ammonia. Organic amides are produced when the -OH radial in an ester is replaced by -NH2. |
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Description
A class of compounds that contain Nitrogen in the form of a -NH2 functional group. Amides are derived from ammonia. An inorganic amide is produced by replacing the hydroxyl group in an alkali metal with ammonia. Organic amides are produced when the -OH radial in an ester is replaced by -NH2.
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 56
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998