Category:Sulphonic

Sul*phon"ic, a. (chem.)

Defn: 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.