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Sulfine vs Sulfite - What's the difference?

sulfine | sulfite |

As nouns the difference between sulfine and sulfite

is that sulfine is (organic chemistry) any s-oxide of a thioaldehyde or thioketone while sulfite is .

sulfine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any S-oxide of a thioaldehyde or thioketone

    • Alternative forms

    * sulphine

    Usage notes

    *Preferred nomenclature is e.g. thiobenzaldehyde S-oxide

    sulfite

    English

    (wikipedia sulfite)

    Alternative forms

    * sulphite (mainly UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

    • Derived terms

    * beryllium sulfite, beryllium sulphite * bisulfite, bisulphite * cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite * hydrosulfite, hydrosulphite * hydrogen sulfite, hydrogen sulphite * hyposulfite, hyposulphite * pyrosulfite, pyrosulphite * sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite * sodium sulfite, sodium sulphite * sulfite of lime, sulphite of lime * sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda * sulfite pulp, sulphite pulp * thiosulfite, thiosulphite

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