Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfomethyl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fomethyl
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ]."

Etymology

From sulfo- + methyl.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

sulfomethylated

Questions

What does sulfomethyl mean?: A chemical group derived from methanesulfonic acid (-CH₂SO₃H).
Where does sulfomethyl come from?: From sulfo- + methyl.

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