sulfone

sulfone

See also: Sulfone

English

Alternative forms

• sulphone

Noun

sulfone (plural sulfones)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds that have a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms; drugs of this structure have been used to treat leprosy.

Derived terms

• dimethyl sulfone
• sulindac sulfone

Translations

organic compound

Chinese: Cantonese: 碸, 砜 (fung1) Mandarin: 碸／砜 (zh) (fēng) German: Sulfon n Japanese: スルホン (suruhon) Kazakh: сульфон (sulfon) Korean: 설폰 (seolpon)

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