acetohydroxamic acid

English

Etymology

aceto- +‎ hydroxamic acid

Noun

acetohydroxamic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The acetyl derivative of hydroxamic acid CH₃-CO-NH-OH once used to treat kidney stones.

Coordinate terms

• acetohydroxamate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

Translations

acetyl derivative of hydroxamic acid

• Portuguese: ácido acetoidroxâmico m