Question

What do you mean by radical?​

Answer 1

A notable example of a radical is the hydroxyl radical (HO•), a molecule that has one unpaired electron on the oxygen atom. Two other examples are triplet oxygen and triplet carbene (:CH. ) which have two unpaired electrons. Radicals may be generated in a number of ways, but typical methods involve redox reactions

Answer 2

Answer:

Radical is a group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds.

• In chemistry, a radical is an atom, molecule, or ion that has an unpaired valence electron.
• A notable example of a radical is the hydroxyl radical (HO•), a molecule that has one unpaired electron on the oxygen atom.
• Radicals may be generated in a number of ways, but typical methods involve redox reactions.