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amide

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Meaning

  1. noun Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
  2. noun Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH or R2N)

Similar words

imide acrylamide proline procaine enkephalin imides amid acid amide amidine alkanamide

Often followed by

group i groups bond and nitrogen linkage of bonds

Word family

amides

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