oxime

noun Chemistry.

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

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

n.

1. Any of a group of compounds formed by treating aldehydes or ketones with a nitrogen-containing reducing agent.