Adas
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Acetamide preparation
Hello, I am interested in acetamide, because it can provide many useful reactions.
In this topic, I wanna ask you how can I make relatively pure acetamide + the decomp. temperature of ammonium acetate will be an useful detail.
Thanks 
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I've got the procedure for making a little over 5 g, but I have to translate it. It's from Vogel's Elementary Practical Organic Chemistry Part I.
It's not a straightforward procedure, but at least it's interesting because it's preparative organic chemistry.
It's basically refluxing pure acetic acid and urea in a flask with an air condenser.
But as you already probably know, you can make it by thermal decomposition of ammonium acetate. I don't know the temperature, but I suppose you could
just heat the acetate over 200 °C and you'll get boiling acetamide. Water vapor will be gone long before that.
If you want to make it the harder way (Vogel), just say.
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Adas
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Thank you, this info is very useful 
btw. You are Croatian! You're literally my bro!  (I am Slovakian)
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So... do you want me to translate it for you... or not?
Yes, I am. Though I don't get the connection. Am I missing something? I'm not very good with geographical links and puns...
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Adas
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No, you don't have to translate, I will try the NH4OAc method someday.
Slovakia = middle of Europe
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