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What is an amide?

What is an amide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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Two problems remained: the distribution of the amide groups and the location of the disulphide linkages.
Bupivacaine hydrochloride is a stellate and paravertebral lumbar block amide local anesthetic.
Generically known as a group of polyamides, nylon is chemically distinguished by its amide linkages to two aromatic rings.
Mutations of aspartates and glutamates were done by substitution of the carboxyl group by the amide group.
One or more of the hydrogens of the ammonia is replaced with an organic acid group to produce a primary, secondary, or tertiary amide.
Its molecular structure of alternating aromatic rings and amide groups crosslinked by hydrogen bonding makes it incredibly strong.

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