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AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles)

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AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles)

AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles) , a class of organic compounds which contain the See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring See also:

SYSTEM

system NC Cg >O. They may be prepared by converting nitriles into amidoximes by the See also:

ACTION

action of See also:

HYDROXYLAMINE, NH2OH

hydroxylamine, the amidoximes so formed being then acylated by See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid chlorides or anhydrides. From these acyl derivatives the elements of See also:

WATER

water are removed, either by See also:

SIMPLE

simple See also:

HEATING

heating or by boiling their aqueous See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution; this elimination is accompanied by the formation of the azoxime ring. Thus NH2OH See also:

BOIL

boil with CaH6CN-->CsHs•C'NH2H —~ propioaic anhydride [CGH6C(.COC2H6] -'CBH5.G\N O>C C2Hs' Azoximes can also be produced from a-benzil dioxime by the " See also:

BECKMANN, JOHANN (1739–1811)

Beckmann " See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change. Most of the azoximes are very volatile substances, See also:

SUBLIME (Lat. sublimis, exalted)

sublime readily, and are easily soluble in water, See also:

ALCOHOL

alcohol and See also:

BENZENE, C6H6

benzene. For detailed descriptions, see F. Tiemann (Ber., 1885, i8, p. 1059), O. Schulz (Ber., 1885, 18, pp. 1084, 2459), and G. See also:

Muller (Ber.,i886,19, p.1492); also See also:

ANNUAL

Annual Reports of the Chemical Society).

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