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hydroxymethylidene

hydroxymethylidene noun: a chemical group or moiety where a carbon atom is double-bonded to a methylene group that also holds a hydroxyl group.

Noun

hydroxymethylidene (uncountable)

  1. A chemical group or moiety where a carbon atom is double-bonded to a methylene group that also holds a hydroxyl group.

Origin of hydroxymethylidene

From hydroxy- + methylidene.

Words formed from hydroxymethylidene

Questions about hydroxymethylidene

What does hydroxymethylidene mean?
Hydroxymethylidene means a chemical group or moiety where a carbon atom is double-bonded to a methylene group that also holds a hydroxyl group.
What part of speech is hydroxymethylidene?
Hydroxymethylidene is a noun.

Words near hydroxymethylidene in the dictionary

  1. hydroxymethylcytosines
  2. hydroxymethylene
  3. hydroxymethylenes
  4. hydroxymethylfurfural
  5. hydroxymethylglutarate
  6. hydroxymethylidene
  7. hydroxymethylnitrofurantoin
  8. hydroxymethylome
  9. hydroxymethylomes
  10. hydroxymethylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyde
  11. hydroxymethyls

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