Meaning & use
Amidation
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A chemical process in which an amide group is introduced into a molecule, often by the reaction of an acid with ammonia or an amine.
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Amidation of the fatty acid produced a compound with improved stability.
The lab optimized the amidation reaction to increase the yield of the final product.
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Amidation reactions are widely used in pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry to build amide bonds, which are also the same type of bond that links amino acids together in proteins.
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