sulphonal Chem.
(ˈsʌlfənəl)
Also sulf-.
[ad. G. sulfonal (Berichte der chem. Gesellsch., 1886, p. 2806), f. sulfon sulphone.]
Diethyl-sulphone-dimethyl-methane, a white crystalline substance, used as a hypnotic.
| 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 2/3 Sulfonal is a ‘hypnotic,’ which is free from the incalculable dangers of the ‘narcotic’ remedies such as the opiates and chloral. It is obtained..from the combination of ethyl mercaptan and acetone by the process of oxidation. 1890 Daily News 16 Dec. 3/5 [A doctor] deposed that he saw deceased at that place, when he said he had been taking sulphonal. |
| attrib. 1892 Zangwill Bow Mystery 175, I pocketed the razor and the empty sulfonal phial. 1898 Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 454 Some..fatal cases of sulphonal poisoning. |