a salt or ester of a sulfonic acid
transitive verb
-·nat·ed, -·nat·ing to introduce the sulfonic group into (an aromatic hydrocarbon) by treating with sulfuric acid
sulfonate
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sulfonate
noun
A salt or ester of sulfonic acid.
transitive verb
sul·fo·nat·ed, sul·fo·nat·ing, sul·fo·nates- To introduce into (an organic compound) one or more sulfonic acid groups.
- To treat with sulfonic acid.
Related Forms:
- sul′fo·na′tion
noun
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A salt or ester of sulfonic acid, containing the group SO3H.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present sulfonates, present participle sulfonating, simple past and past participle sulfonated)
- To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.
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