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Isethionic acid
Isethionic acid
is an
organosulfur compound
containing a
alkyl
sulfonic acid
located beta to a
hydroxy group
. Its discovery is generally attributed to
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
, who prepared it by the action of solid
sulphur trioxide
on
ethanol
in 1833. It is a white
water-soluble
solid used in the manufacture of certain
surfactants
and in the industrial production of
taurine
.
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