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sulphonation

sulphonation is the alternative spelling of sulfonation.

Meaning of sulfonation

Noun

sulfonation (countable and uncountable, plural sulfonations)

  1. The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfonic acid (-SO₃H) functional group, often by reaction with sulfuric acid at high temperatures

Forms of sulphonation

pluralsulphonations

Words formed from sulphonation

Questions about sulphonation

What is sulphonation the alternative spelling of?
Sulphonation is the alternative spelling of sulfonation.

Words near sulphonation in the dictionary

  1. sulphonamides
  2. sulphonate
  3. sulphonated
  4. sulphonates
  5. sulphonating
  6. sulphonation
  7. sulphonations
  8. sulphonator
  9. sulphonators
  10. sulphone
  11. sulphonediimine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sulphonation (page history and authors); sulfonation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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