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Amides are named according to the same system as other organic compounds, with the suffix-amide used to designate the presence in the molecule of an amide group. The first step is to consider the number of carbon atoms forming a chain.
Amide can also refer to the conjugate base of ammonia (the anion H 2 N â) or of an organic amine (an anion R 2 N â). For discussion of these  anionic amides, see Alkali metal amides. The remainder of this article is about the carbonyl-nitrogen sense of amide.