Definition of Lactam

1. n. One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.

Definition of Lactam

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides, that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims. ¹

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Definition of Lactam

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lactam

1. One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol. Origin: Lactone + amido. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactam

lacrymal
lacrymals
lacrymiform
lacs
lact-
lactaceous
lactacid oxygen debt
lactacidemia
lactacidosis
lactacystin
lactage
lactagogue
lactalbumin
lactalbumins
lactaldehyde
lactam (current term)
lactamase
lactamases
lactamic
lactamic acid
lactamide
lactamides
lactams
lactard
lactarene
lactarian
lactarians
lactaries
lactary
lactase

Literary usage of Lactam

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Hydrolysis of 10 with 2% potassium hydroxide in methanol gave the lactam alcohol 12 ... The major component, isolated in 36% yield, was racemic lactam 2: mp ..."

2. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"The mystery of the third carboxyl group in the chlorophyll nucleus has suggested that this third carboxyl may be masked by lactam formation in which one of ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"... 292), while dry hydrogen chloride produces a salt, which at 130° is rearranged into ammonium chloride, and the ester of an unsaturated d-lactam- ..."

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