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acetamide

American  
[uh-set-uh-mahyd, as-i-tam-ahyd] / əˈsɛt əˌmaɪd, ˌæs ɪˈtæm aɪd /
Also acetamid

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 2 H 5 NO, the amide of acetic acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis.

acetamide British  
/ ˌæsɪˈtæmɪd, ˌæsɪˈtæmaɪd, əˈsɛtɪˌmaɪd, əˈsɛtɪmɪd /

noun

  1. a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH 3 CONH 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
acetamide Scientific  
/ ə-sĕt′ə-mīd′,ăs′ĭt-ăm′īd′ /

  1. The crystalline amide of acetic acid, used as a solvent and wetting agent and in lacquers and explosives. Chemical formula: CH 3 CONH 2.

Etymology

Origin of acetamide

First recorded in 1870–75; acet- + amide

Example Sentences

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Four of them, methyl isocyanate, acetone, propionaldehyde and acetamide, had not been seen on comets before.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2015

Phenyl acetate, C6H5�O�COCH3, a colourless liquid of boiling point 193� C., may be prepared by heating phenol with acetamide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

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