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Definition: Sulphonic group
Sulphonic
\Sul*phon"ic\, a. (Chem.)
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.
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Sulphonic group (Chem.), the hypothetical radical,
SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids.
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