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hydroxyl group
noun
- the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hydroxyl group1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
PVA contains the same hydroxyl groups as those found in fish antifreeze proteins.
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Those four atoms are called the methyl group, and a methyl group combined with a hydroxyl group forms methyl alcohol.
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Now these phenols are all more or less acid in character by virtue of the hydroxyl-group which they contain.
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The substitution of a hydrogen atom by the hydroxyl group generally occasions a rise in boiling-point at about 100.
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The nitro group behaves very similarly to the hydroxyl group.
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The hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in phenol can be replaced by metals, by alkyl groups and by acid radicals.
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