. . "A process for preparing amidosulfinates of the formula A(O SNRR'),,(NRR') (OR) (X) wherein A is selected from the class consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, aluminum, tin, zinc, titanium, vanadium, silicon, phosphorus, arsenic, boron, T i0, ZrO, Zr O VO, CrO, Cr0 and PO, R, R and R are alkyl radicals having not more than 8 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, a is an integer, b, c an" . . .