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Catechol vs Catecholate - What's the difference?

catechol | catecholate |

As nouns the difference between catechol and catecholate

is that catechol is the biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol while catecholate is any salt ({{term|phenolate}}) of catechol.

catechol

English

(wikipedia catechol)

Noun

  • (organic compound) The biologically important diphenol ortho-dihydroxy benzene; isomeric with hydroquinone and resorcinol.

    • Synonyms

    *pyrocatechol

    catecholate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any salt ((phenolate)) of catechol