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Quinoline vs Quinolone - What's the difference?

quinoline | quinolone |

In organic compound terms the difference between quinoline and quinolone

is that quinoline is any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N while quinolone is any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.

quinoline

English

Noun

(wikipedia quinoline) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.

    • Derived terms

    * isoquinoline * nitroquinoline

    quinolone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.
  • (medicine) Any of a range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, related to nalidixic acid, based on this structure.

    • Related terms

    * fluoroquinolone

    External links

    * ("quinolone" on Wikipedia)