Hydroxylation
Chemical reaction which adds an –OH group to an organic compound / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hydroxylation and hydroxylases are not to be confused with hydrolysis and hydrolases.
In chemistry, hydroxylation can refer to:
- (i) most commonly, hydroxylation describes a chemical process that introduces a hydroxyl group (−OH) into an organic compound.
- (ii) the degree of hydroxylation refers to the number of OH groups in a molecule. The pattern of hydroxylation refers to the location of hydroxy groups on a molecule or material.[1]