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Why is an amide more acidic than amine?

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Firstly, due to delocalization of lone pair of electrons of N atom over the C=O group, amino group gets a positive charge which makes N-H bond weak. Secondly, the anion left after removal of a proton is stabilized.

In amines no such stabilization is possible.
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