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Sulfone
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a>, a sulfone is a <a href="/facts/Organosulfur_compound/sUxSSXwD">organosulfur compound</a> containing a <a href="/facts/Sulfonyl/UbpYXVvN">sulfonyl</a> (R−S(=O)2−R’) <a href="/facts/Functional_group/GXkSPsjM">functional group</a> attached to two <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> atoms. The central <a href="/facts/Valence_(chemistry)/ck7cHByj">hexavalent</a> <a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">sulfur</a> atom is <a href="/facts/Double-bond/qDemMn0c">double-bonded</a> to each of two <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a> atoms and has a single bond to each of two carbon atoms, usually in two separate hydrocarbon <a href="/facts/Substituent/6y9IE6G0">substituents</a>. </p>