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Hydroxyl vs Hydroxynaphthoquinone - What's the difference?

hydroxyl | hydroxynaphthoquinone |

As nouns the difference between hydroxyl and hydroxynaphthoquinone

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 hydroxynaphthoquinone is (organic compound) any derivative of a naphthoquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.

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

    hydroxynaphthoquinone

    English

    (wikipedia hydroxynaphthoquinone)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any derivative of a naphthoquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom by a hydroxyl group.

    • Derived terms

    * dihydroxynaphthoquinone * trihydroxynaphthoquinone * tetrahydroxynaphthoquinone * pentahydroxynaphthoquinone * hexahydroxynaphthoquinone