N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide

N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide (more correctly 4-methylmorpholine 4-oxide), NMO or NMMO is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a>. This <a href="/facts/Heterocycle/8oYSjJxY">heterocyclic</a> <a href="/facts/Amine_oxide/TDBH2qVF">amine oxide</a> and <a href="/facts/Morpholine/IePtCvsK">morpholine</a> derivative is used in <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a> as a co-oxidant and <a href="/facts/Sacrificial_catalyst/At7x3sNe">sacrificial catalyst</a> in <a href="/facts/Organic_oxidation/6DdmXG4S">oxidation</a> reactions for instance in <a href="/facts/Osmium_tetroxide/cxmYVnFK">osmium tetroxide</a> oxidations and the <a href="/facts/Sharpless_asymmetric_dihydroxylation/wej5BkG0">Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation</a> or oxidations with <a href="/facts/Tetrapropylammonium_perruthenate/vsalG4I1">TPAP</a>. NMO is commercially supplied both as a <a href="/facts/Monohydrate/dev82l69">monohydrate</a> C5H11NO2·H2O and as the anhydrous compound. The monohydrate is used as a <a href="/facts/Solvent/LoMPMz8S">solvent</a> for <a href="/facts/Cellulose/wYPafTU0">cellulose</a> in the <a href="/facts/Lyocell/JayPeRP0">lyocell</a> process to produce <a href="/facts/Cellulose_fiber/w4mrA1ra">cellulose fibers</a>.

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N-Methylmorpholine N-oxide