sulfonate
See also: Sulfonate
English
Alternative forms
- sulphonate
Noun
sulfonate (plural sulfonates)
- (American spelling, chemistry) Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.
Derived terms
- benzenesulfonate
- disulfonate
- naphthalenesulfonate
- organosulfonate
- perfluorooctane sulfonate
- perfluorosulfonate
- tetrasulfonate
- thiosulfonate
Verb
sulfonate (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.
Derived terms
- desulfonate