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Hydroxyl vs Halosugar - What's the difference?

hydroxyl | halosugar |

As nouns the difference between hydroxyl and halosugar

is that hydroxyl is (chemistry) a univalent radical or functional group (–oh) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds while halosugar is (carbohydrate) any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of halide.

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

    halosugar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (carbohydrate) Any compound in which one or more hydroxyl groups of a sugar have been replaced by atoms of halide

    • See also

    * bromosugar * chlorosugar * fluorosugar * iodosugar