This is useful because the bisulfite addition compound is usually a crystalline solid, so it can be used as a purification technique - reacted, separated by filtration, then easily hydrolyzed back with a weak acid or base:
The functional group is called a bisulfite adduct.
Another useful property of these is their solubility in water, this is why many medical drugs have carbonyls converted into bisulfite adducts.
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