sulphovinic, a. Chem.
(sʌlfəʊˈvɪnɪk)
[ad. F. sulfovinique, f. sulfo- sulpho- + vin wine.]
sulphovinic acid: an acid produced by the action of sulphuric acid on alcohol or spirit of wine; ethyl hydrogen sulphate or ethyl sulphuric acid. Hence sulphovinate (-ˈvaɪnət).
| 1826 Hennell in Phil. Trans. CXVI. iii. 245 Sulphovinate of potash. Ibid. 248 Oil of wine..is resolvable..into sulphovinic acid. 1844 Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 388 A solution of sulphovinic acid, or, what is equivalent to it, a mixture, in due proportions, of oil of vitriol and strong alcohol. 1907 J. B. Cohen Org. Chem. i. 9. |