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Hydroxyl

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
hydroxyl grouphydroxyl radical
plural
Hydroxyls
possessive
Hydroxyl's
pluralpossessive
Hydroxyls'