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| a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms |
| an atomic spatial arrangement that results from rotation of carbon atoms about single bonds within an organic molecule |
methyl group
one of the commonest structural units of organic compounds, consisting of three hydrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom, which is linked to the remainder of the molecule. The methyl radical (CH3), the methyl cation (CH+3), and the methyl anion (CH-3)34 are transient intermediates in many chemical reactions.
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