alcohol group

alcohol group
a combination of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in a molecule, which is characteristic of a chemical compound known as an alcohol. There are three: CH2OH, the primary; CHOH, the secondary; and COH, the tertiary alcohol group.

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