Chem. Also -yle. [f. SULPHUR sb. + -YL.] The radical SO2.

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1867.  Bloxam, Chem., 198. SO2Cl…. It is sometimes called chlorosulphuric acid…. It is also known as chloride of sulphuryle.

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1880.  Cleminshaw, trans. Würtz’ Atom. The., 199. That the substituting value of sulphuryl is twice that of acetyl.

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  attrib.  1869.  Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 135. Sulphur dioxide unites with chlorine to form sulphuryl chloride, Cl2SO2.

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