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Amide vs Diethylamide - What's the difference?

amide | diethylamide |

As nouns the difference between amide and diethylamide

is that amide is 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 while diethylamide is the derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.

amide

English

(wikipedia amide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • See also

    * imide

    Anagrams

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    diethylamide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.

    • Derived terms

    *lysergic acid diethylamide

    Related terms

    *diethylamine