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Oxoamide vs Oxamide - What's the difference?

oxoamide | oxamide |

As nouns the difference between oxoamide and oxamide

is that oxoamide is any amide of a ketocarboxylic acid while oxamide is a white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.

oxoamide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any amide of a ketocarboxylic acid

    • oxamide

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia oxamide)
  • (organic compound) A white crystalline solid, the double amide of oxalic acid, used as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose preparations and as a substitute for urea in fertilizers.