Quinone

Definition:

• (n.) 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.

Compare quinone with other words:

quinone vs. quinoyl

quinone vs. quinoxyl

quinone vs. xyloquinone

chloranil vs. quinone

quinone vs. xylindein

quinine vs. quinone

quinhydrone vs. quinone

anthraquinone vs. quinone

hydroquinone vs. quinone

quinone vs. ring

carbonyl vs. quinone

aromatic vs. quinone