Amide

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/amide

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the functional group?Amides are characterized by the -CO-NR2 functional group
2. What is the formation reaction?Typically formed by the reaction of a carboxylic acid with an amine
3. What is an amide and why is it important?An amide is a tiny chemical building block that looks like a LEGO brick. It has a carbonyl group (C=O) attached to a nitrogen atom, and it helps make things like clothes, nylon, and even our own proteins.
4. How do amides form in chemistry?Amides form when a carboxylic acid reacts with an amine and a water molecule is removed. This condensation reaction creates the special C–O and C–N bonds that make the amide.

Carbonyl Group: A chemical group consisting of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom (C=O).
Resonance: A way to describe the delocalization of electrons within molecules or polyatomic ions.
Polymerization: A process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains.
Aromatic Polyamide (Aramid): A synthetic polyamide in which at least 85% of the amide linkages are attached to aromatic rings.