1) One of a class of amides
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A lactam is a cyclic amide. The term is a portmanteau of the words lactone + amide. ==Nomenclature== Greek prefixes in alphabetical order indicate ring size: This ring-size nomenclature stems from the fact that a hydrolyzed α-lactam leads to an α-amino acid and a β-lactam to a β-amino acid, etc. ==Synthesis== General synthetic methods exist fo...
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• (n.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.
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(lak´tәm) a cyclic amide formed from aminocarboxylic acids by elimination of water; lactams are isomeric with lactims, which are their enol forms.
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Lac'tam noun [
Lact one +
ami do.]
(Chemistry) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: lak′tam, lak′tim Definitions: 1. Contractions of 'lactoneamine' and 'lactoneimine,' and applied to the tautomeric forms -NH-CO- and -N=C(OH)-, respectively, observed in many purines, pyrimidines, and other substances; the latter form accounts for the acidic properties of uric acid.
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