Chem. [f. SULPHINIC + -ATE4.] A salt of sulphinic acid.
1877. Jrnl. Chem. Soc., II. 735. It was converted into zinc sulphinate by treatment with zinc-dust under water.
1894. Muir & Morley, Watts’ Dict. Chem., s.v. Sulphinic Acids, The ethers are not formed by the action of alkyl halogenides upon sulphinates.
