quinone

Noun

Meaning

A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

benzoquinone chinone Chinon quinoid quinonediazide

Hypernyms

compound chemical compound

Hyponyms

ubiquinone coenzyme Q

Examples

Gen-Ichiro Nonaka, Emiko Ezakia, Katsuya Hayashia and Itsuo Nishioka, Phytochemistry, Volume 22, Issue 7, 1983, Pages 1659–1661, Rhubarb contains carbon-based quinone molecules which are capable of carrying an electrical charge. Source: Internet

These chemicals mix and result in an explosive ejection, forming temperatures of around convert, with the breakdown of hydroquinone to H 2 + O 2 + quinone, with the O 2 propelling the excretion. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

quinomethionate quinometry quinomycin quinone imine quinone methide quinonediimine