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Odyl vs Oxyl - What's the difference?

odyl | oxyl |

As nouns the difference between odyl and oxyl

is that odyl is od (hypothetical force while oxyl is a compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond.

odyl

English

Alternative forms

* odyle

Noun

(-)
  • (archaic) od (hypothetical force)

    • Related terms

    * odylic (Webster 1913)

    oxyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound or radical bound to an oxygen by a single bond
  • *{{quote-book, 2007, Albert W. Girotti & Paolo U. Giacomoni, chapter=Lipid and Protein Damage Provoked by Ultraviolet Radiation: Mechanisms of Indirect Photooxidative Damage, Biophysical and Physiological Effects of Solar Radiation on Human Skin citation
    • , 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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