Talk:Acetamide

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Russian?[edit]

Why is the Russian for acetamide given on this page? Are all compounds' pages supposed to have this? What's going on?! :) Ben 23:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid words like 'recently'[edit]

According to Wikipedia:MOS#Chronological Items, one should try to avoid words like 'recent' or 'recently'.

'Recent work on the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope has resulted in the discovery of several organic (carbon-based) compounds near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.'

It would be good if someone who knows more about the subject than I do could improve the sentence. Nirmos (talk) 04:16, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IUPAC[edit]

Why can't the page titles be changed to the universal names, rather than have the American names. If someone types in Acetamide it should redirect to Ethanamide, not the other way around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.147.54 (talk) 17:29, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

solubility[edit]

Acetamide is soluble in more things than just water; i'm noticing that this is frequently omitted in many articles. Can we get more attention on solubility of various chemicals in common solvents? -- Waveguy (talk) 20:16, 24 July 2012 (UTC) some links to consider as refs... -- Waveguy (talk) 20:54, 24 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How many and which do you suggest? Recall that this is an encyclopedia, not a user manual. --Smokefoot (talk) 01:13, 25 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"not a user manual" is strange and surprising.. certainly unexpected, as though you find that enabling people is, in some way, offensive? A chemical is not a piece of technology; and i'm not proposing to add recipes for making stuff. But, a thorough discussion of the properties of a chemical should help people to distinguish it from other chemicals. -- Waveguy (talk) 02:01, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"not a user manual" is strange and surprising." I was kind of surprised by that policy too at first, but there it is together with a lot of other policies, such as WP:TEXTBOOK (not a textbook) and WP:UNDUE (avoid disproportionate emphasis within certain topics - e.g. "a thorough discussion of solubility" - vs big picture). I think that a source on the solubilities of a compound might be welcome, but there are lots of ways one can go - mixed solvents, temp dependence, effects of salts, ... --Smokefoot (talk) 03:22, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

most sources I've read limit discussion to naming three solvents, not mixtures of solvents, and giving qualitative remarks, insoluble, slightly soluble, sparingly soluble, moderately soluble, soluble, very soluble, extremely soluble having meanings roughly a magnitude apart, in sequence. the choice of which may be a bit fuzzy. if something is soluble in water, it is likely soluble in other polar solvents, too, so it is helpful to name solvents for which it is slightly soluble, sparingly soluble, or insoluble in. -- Waveguy (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]