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What (who) is ethanamide - definition
CHEMICAL COMPOUND
Ethanamide; Acetic acid amide; Acetamides; Acetoamide; Arylacetamide; CH3CONH2; Acetic acid amine
ethanamide
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¦ noun systematic chemical name for acetamide.
Acetamide
·noun A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.
acetamide
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¦ noun Chemistry a crystalline solid with a characteristic musty odour, the amide of acetic acid; ethanamide.
Wikipedia
Acetamide
Acetamide (systematic name: ethanamide) is an organic compound with the formula CH3CONH2. It is derived from acetic acid. It finds some use as a plasticizer and as an industrial solvent. The related compound N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) is more widely used, but it is not prepared from acetamide. Acetamide can be considered an intermediate between acetone, which has two methyl (CH3) groups either side of the carbonyl (CO), and urea which has two amide (NH2) groups in those locations. Acetamide is also a naturally occurring mineral with the IMA symbol: Ace.
