benzotropolone

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English

Etymology

From benzo- +‎ tropolone.

Noun

benzotropolone (plural benzotropolones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any compound containing a benzene ring fused to one of a tropolone
    • 2015 June 5, Xiaoqi Liu, “Targeting Polo-Like Kinases: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Cancer Treatment1”, in Translational Oncology, volume 8, →DOI:
      PPG, a natural benzotropolone compound extracted from nutgalls, was found in a high-throughput screening of natural products to identify inhibitors of PBD-dependent binding [61] .