Talk:Sulfation

Split?
This article should probably be split into Sulfation (batteries) and Sulfation (biology). --16:46, 21 May 2009 (UTC) -- C opper K ettle  06:24, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it might be better to leave this article for sulfation in chemistry and biology, and put the battery-related stuff somewhere else. --Wtshymanski (talk) 23:30, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I would agree, perhaps merge into lead-acid battery since the concept is particular to that chemistry. Reswobslc (talk) 22:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Now the chemists need to take over. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Sulfation vs. Sulfonation
Based on many sources, sulfation is the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfate (-OSO2OH) functional group, while sulfonation is the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfonic acid (-SO3H) functional group. Hence aren't they supposed to be different? If so distinct pages should be created and searching "sulfonation" should not be redirected to the sulfation page, and instead redirected to "aromatic sulfonation".Epicity95 (talk) 13:55, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

Strictly speaking sulfotransferases transfer a sulfonyl group, SO3 from PAPS, producing PAP, to an oxygen or nitrogen on the acceptor. Transfer to oxygen is most common, which produces a sulfate. So while the group transferred is a sulfonyl, the product is commonly a sulfate, thus 'sulfation' is the most common term encountered in biology and green chemistry.Dgfernig (talk) 16:15, 18 October 2021 (UTC)