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hydroxyl group

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hydroxyl group

Atom of hydrogen and an atom of oxygen bonded together and covalently bonded to an organic molecule. Common compounds containing hydroxyl groups are alcohols and phenols.

In chemical reactions, the hydroxyl group (OH) frequently behaves as a single entity.



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Factors to be considered include the type and availability of surface hydroxyl groups (silanol vs adsorbed water, hydrated ions, etc.
Keywords: Such liquid polymers are functional via the associated terminal hydroxyl group on one end of the copolymer and the modified polyisoprene blocks on the other end.
This occurs through hemiacetal linkages between hydroxyl groups of cellulose/hemicellulose and aldehyde groups formed at C6 primary hydroxyl groups of cellulose by the TEMPO-mediated oxidation.
 
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