An obsolete term for oximes, based on the fact that compounds with a nitroso group, –N=O,
bonded to a –CR2H
group readily tautomerize to oximes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1345
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/I03301.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
