chemistry. Literature indicates that compounds having amide pharmacophore have wide
range of pharmacological activities, viz., anticonvulsant, antitubercular, antimicrobial,
analgesic and anti‐inflammatory, insecticidal, antitumor, fibrinolytic, and antiplatelet
aggregatory. This chapter focuses on the anticonvulsant activity of substituted amides. The
well‐known and recent data on the preparation of amides used in the synthesis of these …