page_title: Thionyl
hierarchical_section_title: Thionyl
context_page_description: The thionyl group is SO, a sulfur atom plus an oxygen atom.
  It occurs in compounds such as thionyl fluoride, SOF₂.
  Thionyl chloride, SOCl₂, is a common reagent used in organic synthesis to convert carboxylic acids to acyl chlorides.
  In organic chemistry, the thionyl group is known as a sulfoxide group or sulfinyl group, and has the general structure RSR'.
context_section_description: The thionyl group is SO, a sulfur atom plus an oxygen atom.
  It occurs in compounds such as thionyl fluoride, SOF₂.
  Thionyl chloride, SOCl₂, is a common reagent used in organic synthesis to convert carboxylic acids to acyl chlorides.
  In organic chemistry, the thionyl group is known as a sulfoxide group or sulfinyl group, and has the general structure RS(=O)R'.
caption: The structure of the thionyl group
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