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AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 86 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AZOXIMES (furo [a.b.] diazoles)  , a class of organic compounds which contain the See also:ring See also:system NC Cg >O . They may be prepared by converting nitriles into amidoximes by the See also:action of See also:hydroxylamine, the amidoximes so formed being then acylated by See also:acid chlorides or anhydrides . From these acyl derivatives the elements of See also:water are removed, either by See also:simple See also:heating or by boiling their aqueous See also:solution; this elimination is accompanied by the formation of the azoxime ring . Thus NH2OH See also:boil with CaH6CN-->CsHs•C'NH2H —~ propioaic anhydride [CGH6C(.COC2H6] -'CBH5.G\N O>C C2Hs' See also:Azoximes can also be produced from a-benzil dioxime by the " See also:Beckmann " See also:change . Most of the azoximes are very volatile substances, See also:sublime readily, and are easily soluble in water, See also:alcohol and See also:benzene . For detailed descriptions, see F . Tiemann (Ber., 1885, i8, p . 1059), O . Schulz (Ber., 1885, 18, pp . 1084, 2459), and G . See also:Muller (Ber.,i886,19, p.1492); also See also:Annual Reports of the Chemical Society) .

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