sulfonation
/ˌsʌlfəˈneɪʃən/
noun
- A chemical process that adds a sulfonate group to a compound, often used to make detergents and dyes.
- The factory uses a special catalyst to speed up the sulfonation reaction.
- Students in the chemistry lab learned about sulfonation by adding sulfuric acid to benzene.
- Sulfonation is a key step in the production of many synthetic detergents.