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Chemical properties of amides

Amides are the least reactive of all the acid derivatives toward nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions. Amides are much less basic than amines. Amides behave both as weak bases as well as weak acids. Amides can be hydrolysed by boiling with water, acids or alkalis.

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Amides have a general structure in which a nitrogen atom is bonded to a carbonyl carbon atom. The functional group for an amide is as follows: In names for amides, the -ic acid of the common name or the -oic ending of the IUPAC for the corresponding carboxylic acid is replaced by -amide

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Amides represent a very important functional group in organic chemistry and find a wide variety of use, especially in living systems and medicines that many people depend on; when it's an amide bond, it's what links different amino acids together to make the different proteins in all living systems

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Amides may be used to form resilient structural materials (e.g., nylon, Kevlar). Dimethylformamide is an important organic solvent. Plants produce amides for a variety of functions. Amides are found in many drugs

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amide, any member of either of two classes of nitrogen-containing compounds related to ammonia and amines. The covalent amides are neutral or very weakly acidic substances

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Amides have a general structure in which a nitrogen atom is bonded to a carbonyl carbon atom. The functional group for an amide is as follows: In names for amides, the -ic acid of the common name or the -oic ending of the IUPAC for the corresponding carboxylic acid is replaced by -amide

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Amides are the least reactive of all the acid derivatives toward nucleophilic acyl substitution reactions.

Amides are much less basic than amines.

Amides behave both as weak bases as well as weak acids.

Amides can be hydrolysed by boiling with water, acids or alkalis.