different between lactam vs thiolactam

English

lactam (plural lactams)

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.

Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. ?- 3-membered, ?- 4-membered.

lactám

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

thio- +? lactam

thiolactam (plural thiolactams)

(organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from a lactam by replacing the oxygen atom with sulfur; a cyclic thioamide

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