Back إضافة هيدروكسيل Arabic Hidroksilacija BS Hidroxilació Catalan Hydroxylace Czech Hydroxylierung German Hidroxilación Spanish Hüdroksülatsioon Estonian Hidroxilazio Basque هیدروکسیلدار کردن Persian Hydroxylation French
In chemistry, hydroxylation refers to the installation of a hydroxyl group (−OH) into an organic compound. Hydroxylations generate alcohols and phenols, which are very common functional groups. Hydroxylation confers some degree of water-solubility. Hydroxylation of a hydrocarbon is an oxidation, thus a step in degradation.