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Quinone vs Quinoxyl - What's the difference?

quinone | quinoxyl |

As nouns the difference between quinone and quinoxyl

is that quinone is (organic compound) any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring while quinoxyl is (chemistry|archaic) the hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.

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

    quinoxyl

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (chemistry, archaic) The hypothetical radical of certain quinone derivatives related to rhodizonic acid.