c6h5so2oh

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c6h5so2oh - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sulphonic \Sul*phon"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used
     specifically to designate any one of a series of acids
     (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained
     by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric
     acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl
     sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colorless crystalline
     substance.
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     Sulphonic group (Chem.), the hypothetical radical,
        SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids.
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