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Anhydride vs Oxyl - What's the difference?

anhydride | oxyl |

In chemistry terms the difference between anhydride and oxyl

is that anhydride is any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides while oxyl is a compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond.

anhydride

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides

    • oxyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
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    • , passage=If a Type I- or Type II-derived LOOH encounters a ligated Fe2+ or Cu+ on a membrane, it invariably undergoes one-electron reduction to an oxyl radical (LO-)
  • (chemistry, obsolete) An acid anhydride
  • *{{quote-journal, 1865, W.A. Miller, On Chemical Nomenclature, The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science citation
    • , passage=The formula (CaO, CO2) would represent calcic carbonate as a compound of a base and an oxyl . }}

    Related terms

    *oxo *hydroxyl *peroxyl

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