amide

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Noun

amide (plural amides)

1. (organic chemistry) 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.
2. (inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation.

See also

• imide

Translations

organic chemistry: derivative of an oxoacid

• Bulgarian: амид (bg) (amid)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酰胺 (cmn) (xiān'àn)

• Finnish: amidi (fi)
• French: amide (fr) m
• German: Amid (de) n

• Italian: ammide (it) f
• Japanese: アミド (ja) (amido)
• Polish: amid (pl) m
• Romanian: amidă (ro) f
• Spanish: amida (es) f

ionic derivative of ammonia

• Bulgarian: амид (bg) (amid)
• French: amidure (fr) m
• German: Amid (de) n

• Japanese: アミド (ja) (amido)
• Spanish: amida (es) f

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