How to pronounce“amide”in English
This reaction loops us right back to where we started by discussing painkillers.
Amide reduction is a key step in one of the many syntheses of morphine, one of the opioids.
In the synthesis, lithium aluminum hydride is used to convert the tertiary amide group to a tertiary amine, which is actually a featured group in all opioid painkillers.
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Definitions of “amide”
Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH⁻ or R₂N⁻)