Definition of Oxime

1. Noun. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.

Generic synonyms: Organic Compound

Definition of Oxime

1. n. One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

Definition of Oxime

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oxime

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oxime

1. One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxime

oxidizer
oxidizers
oxidizes
oxidizing
oxidizing agent
oxidizing agents
oxidopamine
oxidoreductase
oxidoreductases
oxidoreduction
oxids
oxidulated
oxilorphan
oxim
oximation
oxime (current term)
oximes
oximeter
oximeters
oximetre
oximetres
oximetries
oximetry
oxims
oxinate
oxindol
oxindole
oxindoles
oxine
oxiodic

Literary usage of Oxime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Dunstan and Bossi declare that it consists of 3 mois, of oxime to i mol. of HC1. ... The catalytic influence of the neutral oxime salt mois, was compensated ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"They prove that this important transformation is most decidedly a real intramolecular rearrangement, which may occur in some cases with the oxime, ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Therefore the constitution is OH NO cH para-Nitroso phenol Quinone oxime.—However, the same compound may be obtained by a wholly different reaction. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... becomes red and décomposée at 100° ; the /3- oxime crystallises in needles which do not become red at 110° (Behrend and Roosen, Annalen, 251, 244). ..."

5. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"The oxime of acetone gives isopropyl-amine, with twice as much of the di- and a little of the tri-isopropyl-amine. Analogous results are obtained with ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"HO • N Aldoximes are generally obtained by the action of hydroxylamine hydrochloride on the aldehyde in presence of sodium carbonate; the oxime being then ..."

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