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Sulphuryl
Sul′phur-yl
,Noun.
[
Sulphur
+ -yl
.] (Chem.)
The hypothetical radical
SO2
; – called also sulphon
. Sulphuryl chloride
, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid,
SO2.Cl2
, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride
.