Amid vs Amide - What's the difference?
amid | amide |
Surrounded by; in the middle of; in the center of.
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(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.
(inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation.
As nouns the difference between amid and amide
is that amid is amide while amide is .amid
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