oxamide Chem.
(ˈɒksəmaɪd)
[f. ox- 2 + amide first formed as F. oxamide (J. Dumas 1830, in Ann. de Chim. et de Physique XLIV. 130).]
The diamide C2O2.N2H4, representing two molecules of ammonia in which two atoms of hydrogen are replaced by oxalyl, C2O2; also called oxalamide. Extended generically to the amides which also contain alcohol-radicals, as dimethyloxamide, C2O2.N2H2.(CH3 )2, etc.
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 590 Oxamide. This substance, the first of the series of amides, was discovered by Dumas, in the year 1830. 1866–77 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 284 Oxamides containing Alcohol radicles. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. xxxiv. (1871) 367 By heating neutral ammonium oxalate, a white powder called Oxamide is left. |