A chemical compound formed by condensing benzaldehyde with hydroxylamine; an oxime compound used in organic chemistry.
From 'benzal-' (benzaldehyde) + 'oxime' (from 'oxyamine,' containing oxygen and nitrogen). Oximes are compounds with a C=N-OH functional group.
Benzaldoxime exists in two forms that won't convert to each other—chemistry's version of left-handed and right-handed, a phenomenon that revolutionized how we understand molecular geometry.
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