glyoxime Chem.
(glaɪˈɒksiːm, -ɪm)
Also glyoxim.
[Blend of glyoxal and oxime.]
a. The dioxime, HON:CH·CH:NOH, of glyoxal. b. Any of the dioximes of the α-diketones.
| 1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXVIII. i. 36 Configuration of certain glyoximes. 1906 Muir & Morley Watts' Dict. Chem. II. 642/2 Glyoxim... Formed by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal. 1951 A. W. Johnson et al. in E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds Ia. xi. 728 When glyoxal, of which the monoxime is not known, pyruvic aldehyde and the α-diketones are treated with hydroxylamine, the α-dioximes or glyoximes are formed. Ibid., Glyoxime, CH(:NOH)·CH(:NOH), m.p. 178°, is readily soluble in hot water. |