Hydroxyl Bond

aldrinkleys

hello
I read about it in a book but I find anything about in the web. How is it formed and how does it behave?

pa5tabear

Do you mean hydrogen bond? Hydroxyl group? I haven't heard of hydroxyl bonds.

aldrinkleys

Hydroxyl bond.




There is a short explanation about it in the book but I didn't understand :/


I just found this two web pages about that bond.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/k5238l2763156073/

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal.../137617b0.html

pa5tabear

I assume they're talking about hydrogen bonding, which is where oxygen and hydrogen atoms are attracted to each other and form weak bonds due to a difference in electronegativity. It sounds like hydroxyl bond is another name for hydrogen bond.