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Polyol vs Polyalcohol - What's the difference?

polyol | polyalcohol | Synonyms |

Polyalcohol is a synonym of polyol.



As nouns the difference between polyol and polyalcohol

is that polyol is any organic compound having three or more hydroxyl functional groups; a polyhydric alcohol while polyalcohol is an alcohol containing several hydroxy groups (typically more than two.

polyol

English

(wikipedia polyol)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound having three or more hydroxyl functional groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 258:
    • a team at the Ames Research Center in California announced that the Murchison rock also contained complex strings of sugars called polyols , which had not been found off the Earth before.

    polyalcohol

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An alcohol containing several hydroxy groups (typically more than two)

    • Synonyms

    * polyhydric alcohol * polyol