Defn: A white crystalline neutral substance (C2O2(NH2)2) obtained by treating ethyl oxalate with ammonia. It is the acid amide of oxalic acid. Formerly called also oxalamide.
OXAMIDINE
Ox*am"i*dine, n. Etym: [Oxygen + amido + -ine.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a series of bases containing the amido and the isonitroso groups united to the same carbon atom.
OXANILAMIDE; OXANILLAMIDE
Ox`a*nil*am"ide, Ox`a*nill*am"ide, n. Etym: [Oxanilic + amide.]
(Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly by the action of cyanogen on aniline, and regarded as an anilide of oxamic acid; — called also phenyl oxamide.
OXANILATE
Ox*an"i*late, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of oxanilic acid.
OXANILIC
Ox`an*il"ic, a. Etym: [Oxalic + aniline.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, oxalic acid and aniline; — used to designate an acid obtained in white crystalline scales by heating these substances together.
OXANILIDE
Ox*an"i*lide, n. Etym: [Oxalic + aniline + amide.] (Chem.)