Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An intermediate product, dimethylquinogen, , formed in the synthesis of p-xyloquinone from diacetyl; also, a similar product obtained in the synthesis of duroquinone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A hypothetical radical of quinine and related alkaloids.
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- noun chemistry, obsolete A
hypothetical radical ofquinine and relatedalkaloids .
Etymologies
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quinine + -gen
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