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Hydroxyl

Hy-drox′yl

,

Noun.

[

Hydro-

, 2 +

ox

ygen +

-yl

.]

(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.

Definition 2024

hydroxyl

hydroxyl

English

Noun

hydroxyl ‎(plural hydroxyls)

(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

Terms derived from hydroxyl

hydroxylamine
hydroxylammonium nitrate

hydroxylbastnasite
hydroxyl ion

Related terms

hydroxide

Translations

-OH

Armenian: հիդրօքսիլ ‎(hidrōkʿsil)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 羥基, 羟基 ‎(koeng⁵ gei¹), 氫氧基, 氢氧基 ‎(hing¹ joeng⁵ gei¹)

Mandarin: 羥基 (zh), 羟基 (zh) ‎(qiǎngjī), 氫氧基 (zh), 氢氧基 (zh) ‎(qīngyǎngjī)
Finnish: hydroksyyli
French: hydroxyle (fr) m
German: Hydroxyl n
Greek: υδροξύλιο (el) n ‎(ydroxýlio)
Hindi: उदजारल ‎(udajaaral)

Italian: ossidrile (it) m, idrossile m
Japanese: 水酸基 ‎(すいさんき, suisanki)
Korean: 히드록시기 ‎(히드록시基, hideuroksigi), 수산기 ‎(水酸基, susan-gi), 히드록실기 ‎(히드록실基, hideuroksilgi)
Lithuanian: hidroksilas m
Malay: hidroksil
Portuguese: hidroxila f
Russian: гидрокси́л (ru) m ‎(gidroksíl)
Spanish: hidroxilo (es) m, oxhidrilo m
Swedish: hydroxyl c, hydroxylgrupp (sv) c