quinonimine

qui·non·i·mine

[kwi-non-uh-meen, -min, -noh-nuh-]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 5 NO, the parent of the indophenol dyes, derived from quinone.
Compare quinone diimine.


Origin:
quinone + -imine

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