Chem. [f. SULPH- + -INE5.] Any of a group of compounds containing sulphur united to hydrocarbon radicals; also, the hypothetical radical SH3, from which these are derived.
1880. Miller’s Elem. Chem. (ed. 5), III. 814. Sulphines and Sulphones. These compounds bear a similar relation to sulphurous and sulphuric acid respectively that the ketones bear to carbonic acid.
1881. Roscoe & Schorlemmer, Treat. Chem., III. I. 158. Sulphine Compounds. The sulphides unite with the iodides and bromides of the alcohol radicals to form crystallisable salts such as triethylsulphine iodide, S(C2H5)3I.
