quinone
IPA: kwɪnˈoʊni
noun
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.
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Examples of "quinone" in Sentences
- It should be a quinone not a phenol.
- The depicted structure is that of quinone.
- The double bonds of quinone are localized.
- Quinone is reduced to a semiquinone radical anion.
- Quinone are actually well known for BEING AROMATIC.
- Chloranil is a quinone with the molecular formula C6Cl4O2.
- Conchiolin is composed largely of quinone tanned proteins.
- This compound is an important member of the quinone family.
- Reduction of quinone reverses this reaction back to hydroquinone.
- Chemically, idebenone is an organic compound of the quinone family.
- Drink tonic water the quinone is a nerve relaxant and try Naphcon A eye drops.
- The figure shows how the photosynthetically active components bacteriochlorophyll (BK), bacteriopheophytin (BF), quinone
- The Zeta crystallin, quinone reductase, found in some mammals is transcribed from a lens specific promoter not present in other mammals.
- He had just shown Mummy the letter he had written to Desmond Erb, apologising for correcting him when he wrote about 'the quinone structure'.
- There is now growing evidence that supplementation with a substance that many nutritional scientists believe is a newly discovered vitamin, pyrroloquinoline quinone, or PQQ, may also help reduce the risk of various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's dementia.