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duroquinone
n. (context organic compound English) A 1,4-quinone derived from durene
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Duroquinone
Duroquinone is the organic compound with the formula C(CH)O. It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The CO core of this molecule is planar with two pairs of C=O and C=C bonds.
The compound is produced via nitration of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) followed reduction to the diamine and then oxidation.
A derived organoiron compound (η,η-C(CH)O)Fe(CO) is obtained by the carbonylation of 2-butyne in the presence of iron pentacarbonyl.
The molecule has been mentioned in the popular press as a component of a " nano brain".