Aromatic sulfonation

In organic chemistry, aromatic sulfonation is an organic reaction in which a hydrogen atom on an arene is replaced by a sulfonic acid (−SO2OH) functional group in an electrophilic aromatic substitution. Aryl sulfonic acids are used as detergents, dye, and drugs.

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