Piloty's acid is an

organic compound In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon- hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. Th ...

with the formula C₆H₅SO₂N(H)OH. A white solid, it is the benzenesulfonyl derivative of

hydroxylamine Hydroxylamine is an inorganic compound with the formula . The material is a white crystalline, hygroscopic compound.Greenwood and Earnshaw. ''Chemistry of the Elements.'' 2nd Edition. Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd. pp. 431–43 ...

. It is one of the main reagents used to generate

nitroxyl Nitroxyl (common name) or azanone (IUPAC name) is the chemical compound HNO. It is well known in the gas phase. Nitroxyl can be formed as a short-lived intermediate in the solution phase. The conjugate base, NO−, nitroxide anion, is the reduced ...

(HNO), a highly reactive species that is implicated in a some chemical and biochemical reactions.{{cite journal, title=Synthesis, chemistry, and Applications of Nitroxyl Ion Releasers Sodium Trioxodinitrate or Angeli's Salt and Piloty's Acid, author1=Hughes, Martin N., author2=Cammack, Richard, journal=Methods in Enzymology (Nitric Oxide, Part C: Biological and Antioxidant Activities), year=1999, volume=301, pages=279–287, doi=10.1016/S0076-6879(99)01092-7 , pmid=9919577

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Hydroxylamines Sulfonamides Benzenesulfonates

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