Amides are less basic than amine because unlike amines the lone pair of nitrogen in amide is not always available with nitrogen due to the following resonating structures:
In structure (II), a positive charge is developed on nitrogen because of which it can liberate a proton and shows acidic character. 2CH3CONH2 + HgO → (CH3CONH)2 + HgO
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