Clackamas Community College
Clackamas Community College: Amides
A nice website for information on amides. Discusses how they are formed, their structure, the guidelines for naming them (along with examples and practice problems), and the kinds of reactions that amides undergo.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Organic Chemistry
This site from ScienceWorld provides a brief look at some of the more common organic functional groups. The carboxylic acid group is also given. Quite a few links are provided at the bottom of the page for additional information.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Amide
Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound amide. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and so on.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Acetamides
Investigate acetamide, a common amide, with this interactive 3-D molecule. View the structure from all angles and also find links to other organic structures.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Amides
This site gives the basic structure for amides and tells how they are formed.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Functional Group
Encyclopedia entry for functional groups that, in in organic chemistry, are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.