Sulfo nation

sul·fo·na·tion

[suhl-fuh-ney-shuhn]
noun Chemistry.
the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.

Origin:
1885–90; sulfonate + -ion

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