$OH$ Is Not A Charged Radical

$OH$ not being a charged radical but has a unpaired orbit as part of $O$ is very interesting.

A lot of $OH$ will give,

$OH+OH\rightarrow H_2O_2$

where the unpaired orbits from two $OH$s pair up to give hydroperoxide.

The present of an unpaired orbit makes it ready to react with organic radicals by forming covalent bonds.

$OH$ is totally innocent in the organic world.  $OH$ is a radical in the organic world because of its unpaired orbit.

By a similar reasoning,

$CH_3^{+}$

does not exist, but

$CH_3$

with an unpaired orbit as part of $C$, does exist.