which acid is responsible for watering of eyes when we chop onions
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Sulfenic acid.
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while chopping onions, cells inside the onion are broken and the gas that comes out forms sulfenic acid. The acid gets mixed with enzymes and forms a gas called propanethiol S-oxide. When this gas reaches our eyes, it gets mixed with water and forms sulphuric acid.
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