amides

Also known as acyl amide, oxoacyl amide, oxoacid amide

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An amide is a type of chemical compound formed when a carbon atom bonds with a nitrogen atom, commonly found in molecules ranging from simple laboratory chemicals to complex biological molecules like proteins. Amides matter because they're fundamental building blocks in nature and industry—they appear in amino acids that make up living organisms and are used to create various synthetic materials and drugs.

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Commons category: Amides
SMARTS notation: [NX3][CX3](=[OX1])[#6]
CXSMILES: [*]N([*])[*] |$R1;;R2;Acyl_p$|

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Nomenclature
Applications
Structure and bonding
Basicity
Hydrogen bonding and solubility
Reactions
Hydrolysis
Synthesis
From carboxylic acids and related compounds
From nitriles
Specialty routes
See also
References
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In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula , where R, R', and R″ represent any group, typically organyl groups or hydrogen atoms. The amide functional group plays an important role in the chemistry of life where, as peptide bonds, they link amino acids together to form proteins.