sulphone Chem.
(ˈsʌlfəʊn)
Also -on.
[ad. G. sulfon, f. sulfur: see -one a.
The formation is on the analogy of ketone, the sulphones bearing the same relation to sulphuric acid, SO2(OH)2, as the ketones to carbonic acid, CO(OH)2.]
Any of a group of compounds containing the radical SO2 united to two hydrocarbon radicals.
| 1872 Chem. News XXVI. 252/2 Action of Phosphoric Perchloride upon Sulphon Acids. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 506/1. 1877 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. II. 613 All of which yield sulphones when heated with phosphoric anhydride. 1880 Miller's Elem. Chem., Org. (ed. 5) 814 The sulphones resist oxidation. |