hydroxyl group
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hydroxyl group
(hīdrŏk`sĭl), in chemistry, functional groupfunctional group,in organic chemistry, group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for certain properties of the molecule and reactions in which it takes part. Organic compounds are frequently classified according to the functional group or groups they contain.
..... Click the link for more information. that consists of an oxygen atom joined by a single bond to a hydrogen atom. An alcoholalcohol,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula R-OH, where R represents an alkyl group made up of carbon and hydrogen in various proportions and -OH represents one or more hydroxyl groups.
..... Click the link for more information. is formed when a hydroxyl group is joined by a single bond to an alkyl groupalkyl group
, in chemistry, group of carbon and hydrogen atoms derived from an alkane molecule by removing one hydrogen atom (see radical). The name of the alkyl group is derived from the name of its alkane by replacing the -ane suffix with -yl, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. or aryl grouparyl group
, in chemistry, group of atoms derived from benzene or from a benzene derivative by removing one hydrogen that is bonded to the benzene ring (see radical). The simplest aryl group is phenyl, C6H5 ; it is derived from benzene.
..... Click the link for more information. . A metal hydroxide is formed when a hydroxyl group is joined to a metal (e.g., sodium hydroxide).