Hydroxyl group

... can only guess that it is a more favorable reaction to phosphorylate a hydroxyl group on the chain (carbon 1) in a ketose sugar than any of the hydroxyl groups inside the ...

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... numbers in the DNA's sugar backbone. The 5' carbon has a phosphate group attached to it and the 3' carbon a hydroxyl group. This asymmetry gives a DNA strand a "direction". For example, DNA ...

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... what i belive that,as far as organic chem is concerned -OH is called hydroxyl group but inorganic chem where mostly it forms ionic bond u can say hydroxide ion

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1. Group I/II elements are the alkali/alkaline earth metals. They most readily form salts. Sodium ... for nothing. 4. Maybe. I don't know if it's proper to call an isolated hydroxide ion a hydroxyl ion or not. Certainly it still retains its functionality. If it bothers you, then ...

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... that it is a base? 4) A minor detail - In your post, isn't hydroxyl ion a typo - shouldn't it be hydroxide ion (because hydroxyl group is a functional group)??????

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