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hydroxylamine

American  
[hahy-drok-suh-luh-meen, -suhl-am-in] / haɪˌdrɒk sə ləˈmin, -səlˈæm ɪn /

noun

  1. an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.


hydroxylamine British  
/ haɪˌdrɒksɪləˈmiːn, -ˈæmɪn /

noun

  1. a colourless crystalline compound that explodes when heated: a reducing agent. Formula: NH 2 OH

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hydroxylamine

First recorded in 1865–70; hydroxyl + -amine

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Next, they treated the cloth with hydroxylamine hydrochloride to add amidoxime groups to the polymers.

From Science Daily Dec. 13, 2023

The more concentrated hydroxylamine becomes, the more unstable.

From Washington Times Feb. 23, 2019

Draw the structure of hydroxylamine, H3NO, and assign formal charges; look up the structure.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

To make the pyrimidines, Carell started with compounds called cyanoacetylene and hydroxylamine, which react to form compounds called amino-isoxazoles.

From Science Magazine Oct. 18, 2018

Bromine and iodine react in a remarkable manner with free hydroxylamine.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

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