Organic Chemistry Functional Groups

noun a salt or ester of a sulfonic acid, containing the group SO3.

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• Sulfonates are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry for their ability to solubilize compounds.
• I added a sulfonate compound to the mixture to help with the reaction.
• Hey, can you pass me that sulfonate thingy over there?
• Her words were like sulfonates, breaking down the barriers between them.

noun a word that serves as the name of a particular class of objects or concept, e.g., 'acetylene' and 'linkage'

• The acetylene linkage in the molecule is crucial for its reactivity.
• The acetylene linkage here makes the molecule super reactive.
• Check out the acetylene linkage in this compound, it's lit!
• The acetylene linkage acts as the bond that sparks the chemical reaction.