quinone

compounds having a fully conjugated cyclic dione structure derived from aromatic compounds by conversion of an even number of –CH= groups into –C(=O)– groups with any necessary rearrangement of double bonds
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q412382
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quinone

Summary

quinone is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. quinone ranks in the top 9% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • quinone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • quinone is a type of cyclic ketone[4].
  • quinone is a type of diketone[5].
  • quinone is part of quinone binding[6].
  • quinone is part of quinone metabolic process[7].
  • quinone is part of quinone catabolic process[8].
  • quinone is part of quinone biosynthetic process[9].
  • quinone's Commons category is recorded as Quinones[10].
  • quinone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quinones[11].
  • quinone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • quinone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • quinone's different from is recorded as Quiñones[14].
  • quinone's different from is recorded as quinine[15].
  • quinone's associated hazard is recorded as quinone exposure[16].
  • quinone's SMARTS notation is recorded as [$(C1=CC(=[OX1])C=CC1=[OX1]),$(c1cc(=[OX1])c(=[OX1])cc1)][17].

Why It Matters

quinone ranks in the top 9% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[2] quinone has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] quinone is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Instance of
    Subclass of cyclic ketone, diketone
    Associated hazard quinone exposure
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553296805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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