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Definition of Hydroxyl
1. Noun. The monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols.
Definition of Hydroxyl
1. n. A compound radical, or unsaturated group, HO, consisting of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen acids, etc.
Definition of Hydroxyl
1. Noun. (chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds. ¹
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Definition of Hydroxyl
1. the radical or group containing oxygen and hydrogen [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hydroxyl
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydroxyl
Literary usage of Hydroxyl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"hydroxyl function. In studies carried out over the past few years on a variety
of structurally different, natural and synthetic compounds containing the ..."
2. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1906)
"The hydroxyl ion and not the ammonium ion gives the characteristic basic ...
0n the other hand, every compound which yields hydroxyl ions is a basic ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"The acidic nature of the hydroxyl-group, almost lacking in the monohydric ...
No compounds containing halogen and hydroxyl in union with the same carbon ..."
4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"substance, phenyl hydroxyl amine is a base and forms salts with acids, eg, ...
HC1, phenyl hydroxyl amine hydrochloride. It is a solid crystallizing in ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1906)
"The Relation between the Concentration of hydroxyl Ions and the Rate of Tryptic
Digestion in Dilute Solutions of Various Bases: WN BERG. ..."
6. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"HYDROGEN AND hydroxyl IONS The great activity of ... Obviously, the hydrogen ion
in the first case and the hydroxyl ion in the second. ..."
7. Inorganic Chemistry by Edward Frankland, Francis Robert Japp (1885)
"The crude peroxide dissolves, with formation of baric chloride and hydroxyl (cf.
p. 175). To the solution, after filtering from insoluble matters, ..."
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