sulphinic, a. Chem.
(sʌlˈfɪnɪk)
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Applied to acids containing the group SO.OH united to carbon, obtained by reducing the chlorides of the sulphonic acids.
| 1877 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. II. 734 Formation of Sulphinic Acids of the Fatty Group from the Chloranhydrides of the Sulphonic Acids. 1880 Miller's Elem. Chem. (ed. 5) III. 57 A few acids have been obtained..derived from sulphurous acid in the same way that the sulphonic acids are derived from sulphuric acid. They may be termed sulphinic acids. |