noun
- Plural of oxime; organic compounds formed by the reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with hydroxylamine, containing a C=N-OH group.
Usage: chemistry; technical term
Examples
- Oximes are important intermediates in organic synthesis.
- The chemist prepared several oximes from different ketones.
- Aldoximes and ketoximes are the two main classes of oximes.
- These oximes can exist as geometric isomers due to restricted rotation around the C=N bond.
- The reaction between acetone and hydroxylamine produces acetone oxime, one of the simplest oximes.