monohydricadj.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪdrɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈhaɪdrɪk/ Chemistry.† 1. Of a molecule: containing a single atom of hydrogen. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Monohydricus,..monohydric.
2. Of an alcohol, phenol, etc.: containing a single hydroxyl group.
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1880 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 38 28 (heading) Sulphates of mono- and poly-hydric alcohols.
1906 H. J. H. Fenton Notes Qualitative Anal. (new ed.) 105 Wood spirit. CH3OH. (Monohydric primary alcohol.)
1926 J. Read Text-bk. Org. Chem. xxiv. 541 Ordinary phenol, or carbolic acid,..is a monohydric phenol.
1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 737 Fuels containing monohydric alcohols are rendered harmless to magnesium and its alloys by saturating such fuels with complex alkali fluorides soluble in them.
1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. vi. 144 The monohydric alcohols form an homologous series with the general formula CnH2n + 2O.
1995 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 117 1106/2 The directed lithiation of monohydric phenols, naphthols, and thiols.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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