See Also: Benzamide(medicine)

Mac the Knife (oh) and Benzamide (medicine)


Mac the Knife (oh)



a character in The Threepenny Opera (1928), written by Bertolt Brecht with Music by Kurt Weill, based on the character of Captain Macheath.

Benzamide (medicine)


benzamide
<chemistry> A transparent crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several Other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

Structure: C6H5.CO.NH2

Origin: Benzoin + amide.