oxime etymology

English word oxime comes from English quinone, English imide

Detailed word origin of oxime

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
quinone English (eng) (organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
imide English (eng) (chemistry) a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2.
oxime English (eng) (organic compound) Any of a class of organic compounds, of general formula RR'C=NOH, derived from the condensation of an aldehyde (R' = H) or ketone with hydroxylamine.

Words with the same origin as oxime

Descendants of quinone
anthraquinonoid phlorone quinoid quinoidization quinonimine quinonoid quinonoxime quinoxyl quinoyl semiquinonic
Descendants of imide
aldoxime imesatin imidic ketoxime lactim