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Definition of Quinones

1. quinone [n] - See also: quinone

Medical Definition of Quinones

1. Hydrocarbon rings which contain two ketone moieties in any position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups. (12 Dec 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinones

quinoline oxidoreductase quinolinic acid quinolinic acid synthetase quinolinol quinolins quinolizidines quinologist quinology quinolone quinolones

quinolones quinols quinone quinone quinones (current term) quinones (current term) quinone methide isomerase quinone methide tautomerase quinone reductase quinone reductases

quinonoid quinonoid dihydropterin reductase Quinora quinovic quinovin quinovose quinoxaline quinoxyl quinoyl quinpirole

Literary usage of Quinones

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1. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"The constitution of the quinones of the aromatic hydrocarbons having one nucleus is ... The first view compares the quinones to peroxides ; they are indeed ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The action of phenylhydrazine on quinones was first investigated by Zincke.2 He showed that phenylhydrazine, as well as its salts, acted 1 Loc. at. ..."

3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1920)
"338] quinones. oxide, a direct synthesis of a derivative of benzene. ... quinones. 338. The quinones are substances derived by the elimination of two ..."

4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"quinones. 338. The quinones are substances derived by the elimination of two ... A great number of para-quinones are known. Like benzoquinone, they can be ..."

5. Principles of Theoretical Chemistry: With Special Reference to the by Ira Remsen (1883)
"Most quinones are derived from para-compounds by oxidation, as from hydroquinone, and hence it is concluded that the hydrogen atoms replaced by the bivalent ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds; Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1885)
"quinones. This is the designation ascribed to all derivatives of benzene in ... The true quinones or para-quinones, whose prototype is ordinary quinone or ..."

7. Principles of Theoretical Chemistry, with Special Reference to the by Ira Remsen (1877)
"c HC O CH II HC i iH All quinones are supposed to he similarly constituted, though it is still a question whether all quinones are para-compounds. ..."

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