Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Noting an acid, a hypothetical compound, , with the same empirical formula as hyposulphurous acid, of which it may be considered a possible form. The term is used as a class name, the sulphinic acids having the formula where R is a hydrocarbon radical such as methyl, CH3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
sulfinic .
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Examples
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They are very stable towards chemical reagents; for instance, saponification of a mono-sulphone very rarely yields sulphinic acid.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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In the sulphonic acid compounds it is assumed that the sulphur is hexavalent, and it is hence possible to consider the sulphones to be esters of sulphinic acid.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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Sulphonic chlorides, dissolved in ether, yield sulphinic acids on reduction with zinc dust or metallic sodium --
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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