Cyclohexylsulfamic

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Relating to or containing cyclohexylsulfamic acid, an organic compound in which a cyclohexyl group is bonded to a sulfamic acid structure
2. Describing a chemical derivative of sulfamic acid that carries a cyclohexyl ring attached to its nitrogen atom
3. Of or pertaining to a sweetener-related compound whose molecule combines a cyclohexane ring with a sulfamic acid group

Etymology: Cyclohexylsulfamic is a systematic chemical name, assembled from parts that each describe one feature of the molecule. "Cyclo-" comes from the Greek "kyklos," meaning circle, and "hex-" from the Greek for six, since the ring contains six carbon atoms. The ending "-yl" comes from the Greek "hyle," meaning wood or matter. Chemists used it for a group of atoms that stays together intact through a reaction, so "cyclohexyl" names that six-membered carbon ring acting as a single unit. The rest of the word names the parent compound. "Sulfamic" joins "sulf-," from sulfur, with "-amic," a shortened form of "amide," the nitrogen-containing family name. Sulfamic acid is one such compound, and the prefix tells you that one of its hydrogen atoms has been replaced by a cyclohexyl group.