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Vinylsulfonic acid is an organosulfur compound. It is a colorless liquid that tends to polymerize to polyvinylsulfonic acid. It is prepared by dehydration of isethionic acid:HOC2H4SO3H → CH2CHSO3H + H2OMore easily handled than the acid is the salt sodium vinylsulfonate which is commercially supplied as an aqueous solution.