sulphine Chem.
(ˈsʌlfaɪn)
[f. sulph- + -ine5.]
Any of a group of compounds containing sulphur united to hydrocarbon radicals; also, the hypothetical radical SH3 from which these are derived.
| 1880 Miller's Elem. Chem. (ed. 5) III. 814 Sulphines and Sulphones. These compounds bear a similar relation to sulphurous and sulphuric acid respectively that the ketones bear to carbonic acid. 1881 Roscoe & Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. III. i. 158 Sulphine Compounds. The sulphides unite with the iodides and bromides of the alcohol radicals to form crystallisable salts such as triethylsulphine iodide, S(C2H5)3I. |