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sulfonate

sulfonate noun: any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.

Noun

sulfonate (plural sulfonates)

  1. (US) Any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.

Verb

sulfonate (third-person singular simple present sulfonates, present participle sulfonating, simple past and past participle sulfonated)

  1. To treat or react with a sulfonic acid, or to introduce such a group into a compound.

Forms of sulfonate

Noun
pluralsulfonates
alternative formsulphonate
Verb
third-person singular presentsulfonates
present participlesulfonating
past participlesulfonated
pastsulfonated

Words formed from sulfonate

Questions about sulfonate

What does sulfonate mean?
Sulfonate means any salt or ester of a sulfonic acid.
What part of speech is sulfonate?
Sulfonate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sulfonate?
The plural of sulfonate is sulfonates.

Words near sulfonate in the dictionary

  1. sulfonamidine
  2. sulfonamidines
  3. sulfonanilide
  4. sulfonase
  5. sulfonases
  6. sulfonate
  7. sulfonated
  8. sulfonates
  9. sulfonating
  10. sulfonation
  11. sulfonations

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