 Acetamide (source code)

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= Acetamide

<Acetamide> is the <amide> $\mathrm{CH_3CONH_2}$. Donation of the nitrogen lone pair into the carbonyl system gives the carbon-nitrogen bond partial double-bond character.

This favors a relatively planar local geometry and reduces nitrogen basicity compared with a simple amine. Acetamide provides a small-molecule model for the electronic features of the <peptide bond>.

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