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Quinone vs Quinoline - What's the difference?

quinone | quinoline |

In organic compound terms the difference between quinone and quinoline

is that quinone is any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring while 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.

quinone

English

(wikipedia quinone)

Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * benzoquinone * dioxyquinone * hydroquinone * ventiloquinone, isoventiloquinone

    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