Talk:Sulfonic acid

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I went ahead and put in a stub on the temp page. Let me know what you think of it. 66.106.14.146 21:56, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Plural

Can someone please move this article to 'Sulfonic acids'? as the article is talking about the class of acids not one acid.--81.10.39.128 08:34, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

It's normal for article titles to be in the singular, even when referring to multiple members of a class. See for example carboxylic acid or salt.

Ben 11:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Tyro question

I can guess—but I cannot find a definitive explanation of—what is meant by calling these babies hypothetical. I suppose it's OK to use a bit of jargon that's well known in chemistry, but I'd suggest creating an entry for it on the "hypothetical" page because at least one reasonably well educated person (me!) cannot fully understand the first sentence of the article, and that's poor design form in Wikipedia.—PaulTanenbaum 00:50, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Not "these babies" are called hypothetical; sulfonic acid itself is. Sulfonic acid (with an H-S bond) is hypothetical, because it doesn't exist.--84.163.109.83 (talk) 18:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Reason why sulfonic acid does not exist

I suppose there is logic in explaining the non-existence of sulfonic acid by its immediate conversion into something else, but when that something else, sulfurous acid, doesn't exist either.....? ? ?. If there isn't a better explanation then no explanation at all would be better.Axiosaurus (talk) 12:02, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

PFOS

One of the example compounds (PFOS) is described as being used in the manufacture of Teflon. While PFOS is an environmental contaminant, I think it is the related contaminant PFOA which is used in Teflon manufacture. 152.5.254.22 (talk) 19:12, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Lead need a rewrite

I am a biochemist — okay, not a (real) chemist, but still fairly not ignorant —, nevertheless I did not comprehend what the lead was on about at first glance.

The formal part of acid, HS(=O)2–OH, are formally derivatives of the "parent" inorganic compound with the formula HSO2(OH).

"The fomal part is formally derived" apart, I did not get the inverted commas at first — Is it a technically-incorrect but layman-accesible usage? quoted non-standard term? Ironic usage? Greengrocers' usage? — and I did not fully comprehend the meaning of the sentence as I though that I had just read an oddly written sulfurous acid. Only by going to the discussion page to state the sentence's lack of clear meaning, I understood it was an impossible compound: to second the above posts, could that sentence in the lead be rewritten (by someone more knowledgeable than me)? Thanks --Squidonius (talk) 22:54, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

• did my best, hope it helps. Formal was used in the sense of formal synthesis V8rik (talk) 22:36, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

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