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Hydroxyl vs Carbonyl - What's the difference?

hydroxyl | carbonyl |

As nouns the difference between hydroxyl and carbonyl

is that hydroxyl is a univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds while carbonyl is in organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.

hydroxyl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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

    {{der3, hydroxylamine , hydroxylammonium nitrate , hydroxylapatite , hydroxylate , hydroxylbastnasite , hydroxyl ion}}

    Related terms

    * hydroxide

    carbonyl

    English

    (wikipedia carbonyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) In organic chemistry, a divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)4.

    • Derived terms

    * carbonyl chloride * carbonyl stretch * carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide * hexacarbonyl * metal carbonyl * molybdenum carbonyl * nickel carbonyl * pentacarbonyl * sulfocarbonyl, sulphocarbonyl * tetracarbonyl * thiocarbonyl * tungsten carbonyl