oxime

[ ok-seem, -sim ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. any of a group of compounds containing the group >C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine.

oxime

/ ˈɒksiːm /

noun

1. any of a class of compounds with the general formula RR′NOH, where R is an organic group and R′ is either an organic group ( ketoxime ) or hydrogen atom ( aldoxime ): used in the chemical analysis of carbonyl compounds

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxime¹

First recorded in 1890–95; ox(ygen) + im(id)e

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxime¹

C19: from ox ( ygen ) + im ( id ) e