sulfonation

[ suhl-fuh-ney-shuhn ]

nounChemistry.
  1. the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO3H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.

Origin of sulfonation

1
First recorded in 1885–90; sulfonate + -ion

Words Nearby sulfonation

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