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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.
An Amide is one of two kinds of compounds: An Amino is represented by both an NH 2 and a Carboxyl (COOH). 1  a carbonyl group (C=O) linked to a nitrogen atom (N), or a compound that contains this functional group; or. 2  a particular kind of nitrogen anion.