{"term":{"id":"02948","title":"imides","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - imides","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.I02948","code":"I02948","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"\nDiacyl derivatives of ammonia or primary amines, especially those cyclic compounds derived from diacids, e.g. \nIn additive nomenclature, in which imide is analogous to oxide, the term is used to name compounds of the type $\\ce{R3Y^{+}-N^{-}R}$ ($\\ce{Y = N, P}$) and $\\ce{R2Z^{+}-N^{-}R}$ ($\\ce{Z = O, S, Se, Te}$), which are the products of formal attachment of an $\\ce{RN=}$ group to $\\ce{N}$, $\\ce{P}$, $\\ce{O}$, $\\ce{S}$, $\\ce{Se}$, $\\ce{Te}$. E.g. amine imides, azomethine imides.Salts having the anion $\\ce{RN^{2−}}$.","links":[{"term":"additive","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00134"},{"term":"amine imides","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00271"},{"term":"amines","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00274"},{"term":"anion","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00358"},{"term":"attachment","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00512"},{"term":"azomethine imides","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/A00562"}],"sources":["PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1342 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199567081307)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02948\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02948\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02948\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'imides' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.I02948","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-08-09T14:35:52+00:00"}}