1. Organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group (-OH) bonded to a nitrogen atom; derivatives of hydroxylamine used in chemistry and biochemistry.
Usage: technical; chemistry; plural form

Examples

• Hydroxylamines are important reagents in organic synthesis for forming oximes.
• The laboratory prepared several hydroxylamines for use in the reduction reaction.
• Hydroxylamines can act as reducing agents in various chemical processes.
• Researchers studied the stability of different hydroxylamines under acidic conditions.
• The pharmaceutical industry uses hydroxylamines in the synthesis of certain drug compounds.