- 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. Source: opted
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 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. Source: ecdict
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