Compounds,
ROM,
derivatives of
alcohols,
ROH,
in which
R
is saturated at the site of its
attachment to oxygen and
M
is a metal or other cationic species.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1314