chloramide

See also: chloroamide

English

Etymology

From chlor- +‎ amide.

Noun

chloramide (countable and uncountable, plural chloramides)

  1. (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl2; part of the chloramine class.
  2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine

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