Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a group of organic compounds containing the divalent SO2 group, united with two hydrocarbon radicals. Thus (C2H5)2SO2 is diethyl sulphone and (C6H3)2SO2 diphenyl sulphone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals.SO�.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sulfone .
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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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