A chemical compound containing both chlorine and an amide group (nitrogen bonded to carbon and hydrogen).
From chlor- (chlorine) + amide (from ammonia + -ide). Amide compounds were named after their relation to ammonia.
Chloramides are created when chlorine reacts with proteins in swimming pools—this is actually what gives pools their distinctive smell, not pure chlorine!
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