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formaldoxime
Sign in to saveFormaldoxime is the organic compound with the formula . It is the oxime of formaldehyde. A colorless liquid, the pure compound tends to polymerize into a cyclic trimer. Aqueous solutions are stable as is the formaldoxime hydrochloride (). It is a reagent in organic synthesis for the conversion of aryl diazonium salts to aryl aldehydes.
Chemical data
- Formula
- CH3NO
- Molecular weight
- 45.041 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-methylidenehydroxylamine
- SMILES
- C=NO
- InChIKey
- SQDFHQJTAWCFIB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.5
- Polar surface area
- 32.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- oxime
- Mass
- 45.021
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- canonical SMILES
- C=NO
- chemical formula
- CH₃NO
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- Formaldoxime
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Formaldoxime is the organic compound with the formula . It is the oxime of formaldehyde. A colorless liquid, the pure compound tends to polymerize into a cyclic trimer. Aqueous solutions are stable as is the formaldoxime hydrochloride (). It is a reagent in organic synthesis for the conversion of aryl diazonium salts to aryl aldehydes.
It is generated by combining hydroxylamine and formaldehyde.
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