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diacetamide

diacetamide noun: a derivative of acetamide with two acetyl groups attached (C₄H₇NO₂).

Noun

diacetamide

  1. A derivative of acetamide with two acetyl groups attached (C₄H₇NO₂).
    • This is dissolved in ether and hydrochloric acid passed in, when acetamide hydrochloride separates out, whilst diacetamide remains in solution.1890, Henry Enfield Roscoe, A Treatise on Chemistry, page 519
    • Hydrolysis of the diacetamide with 0.33 N sulfuric acid gave L-threose.1949, Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry - Volume 4, page 145

Origin of diacetamide

From di- + acetamide.

Words formed from diacetamide

Questions about diacetamide

What does diacetamide mean?
Diacetamide means a derivative of acetamide with two acetyl groups attached (C₄H₇NO₂).
What part of speech is diacetamide?
Diacetamide is a noun.

Words near diacetamide in the dictionary

  1. diacatholicons
  2. diacaustic
  3. diacaustics
  4. diacerein
  5. diacetal
  6. diacetamide
  7. diacetate
  8. diacetates
  9. diacetic acid
  10. diacetolol
  11. diacetone

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