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sulfone definition

sul·fone (sul′fōn′)

noun

any of a group of organic compounds containing the group or the divalent radical SO, the sulfur atom of which is linked chemically with a carbon atom of each of two alkyl groups

Etymology: Ger sulfon < sulfur (< L sulphur, sulfur) + -on, -one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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