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Greetings,
What is the difference between aroxyl and phenoxyl radicals?

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The can be the same thing or different depending on the context and who is talking.  Aroxyl will be more general and include all aromatics with a benzene-oyxgen linkage, no matter the other substituents on the benzene.  Phenoxy can be the same thing or refer only to the case where all the aromatic substituents are hydrogen.

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