Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Hydroxylamine is an inorganic compound with the formula NH2OH. The pure material is a white unstable crystalline hygroscopic compound. However hydroxylamine is almost always provided and used as an aqueous solution. It is used to prepare oximes an important functional group. It is also an intermediate in biological nitrification. The oxidation of NH3 is mediated by the enzyme hydroxylamine oxidoreductase (HAO).
