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Explain, why acid amides are amphoteric in nature ?

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The resonating structures of acid amide are as below:

Acid amides are basic in nature due to lone pair of electrons on nitrogen atom. But presence of group reduces its basic nature and behaving like acids. Now it can easily lose `H^+` ion due to assignment of positive charge on nitrogen atom. Hence, acid amides are amphoteric in nature.
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