I do turns with Oscar from different compound (8)

I believe the answer is:

iodoform

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'different compound' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'i do turns with oscar from' is the wordplay.
'turns with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'o'+'from'='ofrom'
'do' with its letters anagrammed with 'ofrom' gives 'odoform'.
'i'+'odoform'='IODOFORM'

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