An amide-type acyclic polyether, N, N'-Bis (p-nitrophenyl)-2,2'- (p-phenylenedioxy) diacetamide, was synthesized, and its structure was determined by X-ray diffraction. The geometry and electronic structure of the amid-type acyclic polyether ligand was studied by using PM3, a semi-empirical method of quantum chemistry based on the crystal structure. The frequency calculation was also conducted to test the stability of the optimized structure. The analysis of Mulliken populations indicates that there are negative charges on O3, O4, O5 and ...