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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.
The term amide refers both to classes of compounds and to the functional group (RnE(O)xNRâ²2) within those compounds. Amide can also refer to the conjugate base of ammonia (the anion H2Nâ) or of an organic amine (an anion R2Nâ). For discussion of these anionic amides, see Alkali metal amides. The remainder of this article is about the carbonylânitrogen sense of amide.