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Thiol

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Organic Chemistry

Definition

A thiol is an organic compound that contains a sulfur atom bonded to a hydrogen atom, symbolized as -SH. Thiols are similar to alcohols but contain sulfur in place of oxygen in the hydroxyl group.

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