monamiden.
/ˈmɒnəmʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌmaɪd/ Chemistry.
A compound whose molecule contains one amino group.
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1861 H. B. Jones & A. W. Hoffman Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 8) 734 Organic derivatives of ammonia—monamines, and monamides.
1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xxxiv. 304 Lactic monamide is obtained by the action of ammonia on lactide.
1908 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 30 1139 As trimellitic acid melts at 216°,C it seems probable that the compound described was its monamide.
1972 Jrnl. Org. Chem. 37 2253/1 Certain diamides..should accelerate the alkylation more effectively than either monamides or diamides unable to undergo bidentate π interaction with the cation.
2004 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 126 225/2 We attribute the increased efficiency of cyclization of amino acids 21 and 22..to the restricted rotation about the amide CN bond for the initial monamide intermediate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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