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a hydrocarbon with single bonds between carbon atoms and one hydrogen replaced by a hydroxyl...

a group of organic compounds obtained by oxidation of alcohols.

a base that dissolves in water to form an hydroxide.

a group of very reactive chemical elements that readily lose their one valence electron to form...

used to describe a substance with basic properties.

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