Amidosulphonal

/ˌæmɪdoʊˈsʌlfənəl/ adjective

Describing a chemical compound that contains both an amide group and a sulphone (sulfur-containing) group.

From 'amido-' and 'sulphonal' (related to sulfone, containing sulfur). This term developed in pharmaceutical chemistry around the early 1900s.

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