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quinone Chem.|ˈkwɪnəʊn, kwɪˈnəʊn| Also 9 kinone. [f. quin-a + -one.] a. spec. A crystalline compound (benzoquinone, C6H4O2), the simplest type of the class of quinones. b. Any one of a series of aromatic compounds derived from the benzene series of hydrocarbons when two hydrogen atoms are replaced by two of oxygen. ‘Quinone was first obtained, in 1838, by Woskresensky’ (Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. III. 338); see quinoyl.
1853Stenhouse in Pharmac. Jrnl. XIII. 384 The kinone was..obtained in crystals from the coffee-bean. 1857Miller Elem. Chem. iii. 353 When kinone [1862 quinone] is treated with reducing agents. 1885I. Remsen Org. Chem. 306 The quinones are peculiar bodies which in some ways are allied to the ketones. Comb.1886Roscoe & Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. III. iii. §1006 A sharp taste and a weak quinone-like odour. |