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HYDROXYL GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxyl group mean? 

HYDROXYL GROUP (noun)
  The noun HYDROXYL GROUP has 1 sense:

1. the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcoholsplay

  Familiarity information: HYDROXYL GROUP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYDROXYL GROUP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some acids and alcohols

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydroxyl; hydroxyl group; hydroxyl radical

Hypernyms ("hydroxyl group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)


 Context examples 


A class of dietary steroids having a hydrocarbon side-chain of 8-10 carbons at the 17-beta position and a hydroxyl group (-OH) at the 3-beta position.

(Dietary Sterol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A flavanone with hydroxyl groups at C-5, C-7, and C-4'.

(Naringenin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A terpene with two isoprene units head to tail with hydroxyl group attached to the head methyl group.

(Geraniol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

An isoflavone with a hydroxyl group on the B-ring and a second hydroxyl group on the A-ring.

(Genistein, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Any substance found in the diet, comprising a cholestane skeleton with a hydroxyl group at the position C-3.

(Dietary Sterol, NCI Thesaurus)

A (-)-epicatechin-3-gallate with a hydroxyl group at C-5'.

(Epigallocatechin Gallate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The assembled cyclodextrin framework possesses a hydrophobic internal cavity which can include various small molecules and a peripheral structure containing a large number of hydroxyl groups making the molecule water soluble.

(Beta-methyl Cyclodextrin, NCI Thesaurus)

Contains myo inositol linked through the 1 hydroxyl group to phosphatidic acid.

(Phosphatidylinositol, NCI Thesaurus)

A flavone with one hydroxyl group on the B-ring and a second hydroxyl group on the A-ring.

(Apigenin, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A terpene with two isoprene units forming a ring and with a hydroxyl group attached to the head methyl group.

(Perillyl alcohol, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)



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