Thesaurus: sulphonic

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1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.
2. Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance. Sulphonic group (Chem.), the hypothetical radical, SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids.
3. Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- usedspecifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded asacid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation ofthe mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromaticbases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stablecolorless crystalline substance. Sulphonic group (Chem.), thehypothetical radical, SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonicacids.
4. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline substance.