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Hydroxyl  n.  (Chem.) 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.






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... to the non-volatile and oxygenized bases, we take up first the opium alkaloids. Morphine, C{17}H{19}NO{3}, is a tertiary amine, and appears to contain a hydroxyl group like phenols, to which class of bodies it has some analogies, as is shown in its reaction with ferric chloride. Its meythl ester, which can be formed from it, is codeine, one of the accompanying alkaloids of opium. Besides the methyl derivative, however, others are possible, ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various



Words linked to "Hydroxyl" :   hydroxyl radical, hydroxyl group, hydroxyl ion, chemical group



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