Selenonic acid
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A selenonic acid is an organic compound
containing
one or more –SeO3H groups, e.g. benzeneselenonic acid,
C6H5SeO3H. Selenonic acids
are the selenium
analogues of sulfonic acid
s.
Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
containing
one or more –SeO3H groups, e.g. benzeneselenonic acid,
C6H5SeO3H. Selenonic acids
are the selenium
Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...
analogues of sulfonic acid
Sulfonic acid
Sulfonic acid usually refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula RS2–OH, where R is an alkyl or aryl. The formal part of acid, HS2–OH, are formally derivatives of the "parent" inorganic compound with the formula HSO2.-Preparation:Sulfonic acid is...
s.