Everything about Hydroxyl totally explained
» This article is about the hydroxyl functional group. For the Hydroxyl radical see Hydroxyl radical.
Hydroxyl in
chemistry stands for a molecule consisting of an
oxygen atom and a
hydrogen atom connected by a
covalent bond. The neutral form is a hydroxyl
radical and the hydroxyl
anion is called a
hydroxide. When the oxygen atom is linked to a larger molecule the hydroxyl group is a
functional group (
HO¯ or
¯OH) .
Hydroxyl group
The term
hydroxyl group is used to describe the
functional group –OH when it's a
substituent in an
organic compound. Organic molecules containing a hydroxyl group are known as
alcohols (the simplest of which have the formula
CnH2n+1–
OH).
Hydroxyl radical
The hydroxyl radical, ·OH, is the neutral form of the
hydroxide ion.
Hydroxyl radicals are highly reactive and, as a consequence, short-lived; however, they form an important part of
radical chemistry.
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