amide
AM-yd/ˈæ.maɪd/
Pluralamides
- 1A kind of chemical formed when a nitrogen-based group takes the place of the -OH part in an acid.
Like a link in a chain that joins two parts firmly together.
The protein chain is held together by many amide bonds.
Chemists made an amide by reacting the acid with ammonia.
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- 2A chemical formed when a metal takes the place of a hydrogen atom in ammonia.
Like swapping out a single building block: a metal piece takes the spot where a hydrogen used to be.
Sodium amide is a strong base that grabs hydrogen from other chemicals.
The metal amide must be kept dry, since water destroys it at once.
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Origin
It comes from the word "ammonia" plus the ending "-ide".