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sulfomethyl

sulfomethyl noun: a chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).

Noun

sulfomethyl (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).
    • In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of sulfomethyl

From sulfo- + methyl.

Questions about sulfomethyl

What does sulfomethyl mean?
Sulfomethyl means a chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).
What part of speech is sulfomethyl?
Sulfomethyl is a noun.

Words near sulfomethyl in the dictionary

  1. sulfolenes
  2. sulfolipid
  3. sulfolipids
  4. sulfolobicin
  5. sulfomethoxazole
  6. sulfomethyl
  7. sulfomethylate
  8. sulfomethylated
  9. sulfomethylation
  10. sulfometuron
  11. sulfomucin

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