quinone

English

Structure diagram of 1,4-benzoquinone (para-quinone)

Alternative forms

chinone (dated)

Etymology

quinic acid +‎ -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.

Noun

quinone (plural quinones)

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

Derived terms

Translations

compound

Catalan: quinona f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 醌 (kwan¹)

Mandarin: 醌 (zh) (kūn)
Irish: cuineon m
Italian: chinone (it) m
Japanese: キノン (kinon)
Korean: 퀴논 (kwinon)
Latvian: hinons m
Persian: کینون‎ (kinon)
Polish: chinon m
Spanish: quinona f
Thai: ควิโนน

French

Noun

quinone f (plural quinones)

quinone

Further reading

“quinone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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