Sulphone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sulphone \Sul"phone\, n. (Chem.)
     Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones,
     and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two
     hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH?)?.SO?.
     [1913 Webster]