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Hydroxylamine vs Hydroxamate - What's the difference?

hydroxylamine | hydroxamate |

As nouns the difference between hydroxylamine and hydroxamate

is that hydroxylamine is (label) an explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, nh2oh, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis while hydroxamate is (organic chemistry) a hydroxylamine compound containing a conoh group, often serving as chelating agents.

hydroxylamine

English

(wikipedia hydroxylamine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) An explosive inorganic derivative of ammonia, NH2OH, used as a reducing agent, and in organic synthesis.
  • (label) Any organic derivative of this compound.

    • Related terms

    * hydroxylammonium

    See also

    * oxime

    hydroxamate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.
  • * 2007 , Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice [http://books.google.com/books?id=NgXJUiYknNoC], ISBN 0444530290, page 13:
    • In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.