Definition of Ethanamide

1. Noun. A colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds.

Exact synonyms: Acetamide
Generic synonyms: Amide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethanamide

ethacridine lactate
ethacrynate sodium
ethacrynic acid
ethadione
ethal
ethals
ethambutol hydrochloride
ethambutols
ethamine
ethamivan
ethamoxytriphetol
ethamsylate
ethanal
ethanal trimer
ethanamide (current term)
ethane
ethanediamine
ethanedinitrile
ethanedioic acid
ethanediol
ethanedithiol
ethanes
ethanethiol
ethanium
ethanoate
ethanoates
ethanoic
ethanoic acid
ethanoicer

Literary usage of Ethanamide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"ACETAMIDE (ethanamide), CH2 - CO - NH2, forms needles melting at 82° and boils at 222°. Diacetyl-derivatives 2 are obtained less easily. ..."

2. The Journal of Analytical and Applied Chemistry edited by Edward Hart (1892)
"Amides : this name is retained (ex. ethanamide. NH.,.CO.CH,.CH3.CO.NH, Butanes diamide. COOH.CO.CH.;.CH3.CO. ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"CCI,. NH,, then lose, upon further heating, two molecules of C1H with the formation of nitriles. For m amide, H . CONH,. See p. 227. Acetamide [ethanamide] ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"Acetamide [ethanamide], CH3CO. NHa, crystallizes in long needles, melts at 82-83°, and boils at 222° undecomposed. It dissolves with ease in water and ..."

5. A Compendium of Chemistry by Carl Arnold (1904)
"... CH3~CO~NH2 not acetamide, but ethanamide; CH3~CH2-CN not propionitrile, but propane-nitrile. Saturated hydrocarbons with branchless chains terminate in ..."

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