Molecular and electronic structure of the amide group / M.B. Robin, F.A. Bovey and Harold Basch -- Synthesis of amides / A.L.J. Beckwith -- Acid-base and complexing properties of amides / R.B. Homer and C.D. Johnson -- Rearrangement and elimination of the amido group / Joseph F. Bieron and Frank J. Dinan -- Photochemistry of the amido group / Ionel Rosenthal -- Radiation chemistry of amides / Owen H. Wheeler -- Chemistry of imidic compounds / Owen H. Wheeler and Oscar Rosado -- The chemistry of thioamides / W. Walter and J. Voss -- The chemistry of the thiohydrazide group / W. Walter and K. J. Reubke -- The chemistry of hydrazides / Hans Paulsen and Dieter Stoye -- Biological formation and reactions of the amido group / J.E. Reimann and R.U. Byerrum -- Directing and activating effects of the amido group / J.A. Shafer -- Reactions of the carboxamide group / Brian G. Challis and Judith A. Challis.