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Sodium benzenesulfonate
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<p>Sodium benzenesulfonate is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with the formula C6H5SO3Na. It is white, water-soluble solid, It is produced by the neutralization <a href="/facts/Benzenesulfonic_acid/N8YYycca">benzenesulfonic acid</a> with <a href="/facts/Sodium_hydroxide/xjtdYtq7">sodium hydroxide</a>. It is also a common ingredient in some <a href="/facts/Detergent/4FLKXR6p">detergents</a>. The compound typically crystallizes from water as the monohydrate. </p><p>Heating this salt in strong base results in <a href="/facts/Desulfonation/N8YYycca">desulfonation</a>, giving, after acid <a href="/facts/Workup_(chemistry)/LURlLf4C">workup</a>, <a href="/facts/Phenol/ACJs5NIU">phenol</a> This reaction was at one time, the principal route to phenol. </p>