camphorsulphonic acid

A form of camphorsulfonic acid — Any sulfonic acid derived from camphor, but especially d-camphorsulfonic acid (known as Reychler's acid) classically used to resolve stereoisomers

Meanings

nouncamphorsulphonic acid (countable and uncountable, plural camphorsulphonic acids)

plural camphorsulphonic acids

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of camphorsulfonic acid.
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