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From camphor + sulfonic acid.
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Today it means: Any sulfonic acid derived from camphor, but especially d-camphorsulfonic acid (known as Reychler's acid) classically used to resolve stereoisomers Full definition →
From camphor + sulfonic acid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.