sulphamic acid

English

Alternative forms

• sulfamic acid (or amino-sulfuric acid)

Noun

sulphamic acid (uncountable) (British spelling)

1. (inorganic chemistry) the acid formally derived from sulphuric acid by replacing a hydroxyl (-OH) group by an amino (-NH₂) group - SO₂(OH)(NH₂)
2. (organic chemistry) any organic compound derived from sulphamic acid by replacing one or two hydrogen atoms of the amine group by an organic radical — for example cyclamic acid where a hydrogen atom is replaced by a cyclohexyl radical