benzoquinone

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Etymology

From benzo- +‎ quinone.

Noun

benzoquinone (countable and uncountable, plural benzoquinones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Either of the two isomeric forms of the simplest quinone, C6H4O2, or any of their derivatives.

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