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duroquinone
Sign in to saveDuroquinone is an organic oxidant (C6(CH3)4O2). It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The C10O2 core of this molecule is planar with two pairs of C=O and C=C bonds.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 164.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,3,5,6-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 164.084
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- canonical SMILES
- CC1=C(C(=O)C(=C(C1=O)C)C)C
- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₂O₂
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- Duroquinone
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Duroquinone is an organic oxidant (C6(CH3)4O2). It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The C10O2 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.
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