R-5.4.4 Hydroxylamines

Specific Classes of Compounds

R-5.4.4 Hydroxylamines

Compounds with the general structure

are named substitutively on the basis of the functional parent compound "hydroxylamine", using the locants N- and O- to distinguish between substitution on nitrogen or oxygen, or by attaching prefixes such as "hydroxyamino-", "alkoxyamino-", or " (aryloxy)amino-" to the name of the parent hydride R-H.

Examples to R-5.4.4

Next:: R-5.4.5 Amine oxides

This HTML reproduction is as close as possible to the published version [see IUPAC, Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry. A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (Recommendations 1993), 1993, Blackwell Scientific publications, Copyright 1993 IUPAC]. If you need to cite these rules please quote this reference as their source.

Published with permission of the IUPAC by Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., www.acdlabs.com, +1(416)368-3435 tel, +1(416)368-5596 fax. For comments or suggestions please contact webmaster@acdlabs.com