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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless compound, HON:CHCH: NOH, prepared by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal. It crystallizes in trimetrie plates and melts at 178° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of
oximes ; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. Seeoxime .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
oxime HO-N=CH-CH=N-OH produced by the action ofhydroxylamine onglyoxal
Etymologies
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From glyoxal and oxime.
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