thiosulfonic acid

noun

thio·​sulfonic acid

¦thīə+…-

: any of a series of unstable acids of the general formula RSO₂SH derived from sulfonic acids by replacement of oxygen by sulfur and known only in the form of salts and esters

Word History

Etymology

thiosulfonic from thi- + sulfonic

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