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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Amine, amide?

Also known as: amine · amide

Definition 33.6 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 33 — Functional Groups and Families

An amine has a nitrogen atom bonded to a carbon chain by a single bond, as in −NHX2\ce{-NH2}. An amide has a nitrogen atom bonded to the carbon of a carbonyl group, as in −CO−NHX2\ce{-CO-NH2}.

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