hydroxyl

English

Noun

hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)

1. (chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.

Derived terms

• hydroxylamine
• hydroxylammonium nitrate
• hydroxylapatite
• hydroxylate
• hydroxylbastnasite
• hydroxyl ion

Related terms

• hydroxide

Translations

-OH

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羥基 (cmn), 羟基 (cmn) (qiǎngjī)

• Finnish: hydroksyyli (fi)
• Hindi: उदजारल (hi) (udajaaral)
• Italian: ossidrile (it) m, idrossile (it) m

• Korean: 히드록시기 (ko) (히드록시基, hideuroksigi), 수산기 (ko) (水酸基, susan-gi), 히드록실기 (ko) (히드록실基, hideuroksilgi)
• Lithuanian: hidroksilas (lt) m
• Spanish: hidroxilo (es) m, oxhidrilo (es) m
• Swedish: hydroxyl c , hydroxylgrupp c