1907 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XCII. ii. 560This salt and others of the same series are classified by the author as hydroxonitrosotetra-ammineruthenium salts. [ sc. A. Werner]
Ibid. ,Precipitates of the neutral hydroxo-salts.
1940 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 1411When the hydroxyl group is bound in a complex, Werner's system of notation should be used, according to which the hydroxyl groups are designated hydroxo- or ol- groups.
1965 Phillips & Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xiv. 532Examples include..the formation in alkaline solution of the polynuclear cationic hydroxo⁓complexes of the cobalt(III) ion, e.g. 42+ where en is ethylenediamine. [ Co(en)2(OH)]
ORIGIN: from hydrox(yl + -o- .
hydroxo-
combining form
Etymology: hydroxyl + -o-
: containing hydroxyl as a coordinated group
< potassium hydroxostannate K2Sn(OH)6 >
< hydroxocobalamin >
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< potassium hydroxostannate K2Sn(OH)6 >
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