Talk:Sulfoxide

Thio equivalents of ketones

Sulfoxides are not the thio equivalents of ketones - thio compounds are those where sulfur replaces oxygen. If you take a ketone, R₂C=O, and replace its oxygen atom with sulfur, you get R₂C=S, a thioketone. Sulfoxides, on the other hand, R₂S=O, are probably best described as oxides of sulfides (AKA thioethers).

So I'm going to rewrite the appropriate sentence in the article.

Ben 21:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)