epoxy group


epoxy group

(ĕp`ŏksē), in chemistry, functional groupfunctional group,
in organic chemistry, group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for certain properties of the molecule and reactions in which it takes part. Organic compounds are frequently classified according to the functional group or groups they contain.
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 that consists of an oxygen atom joined by single bonds to two adjacent carbon atoms, thus forming the three-membered epoxide ring. It is the functional group of epoxides.