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 (229 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • quinone's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • quinone's GND ID is recorded as 4147707-8[4].
  • quinone's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85109891[5].
  • quinone's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124187842[6].
  • quinone's subclass of is recorded as cyclic ketone[7].
  • quinone's subclass of is recorded as diketone[8].
  • quinone's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565847[9].
  • quinone's part of is recorded as quinone binding[10].
  • quinone's part of is recorded as quinone metabolic process[11].
  • quinone's part of is recorded as quinone catabolic process[12].
  • quinone's part of is recorded as quinone biosynthetic process[13].
  • quinone's Commons category is recorded as Quinones[14].
  • quinone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011809[15].
  • quinone's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 45478[16].
  • quinone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xjqy[17].
  • quinone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01186b1t[18].
  • quinone's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.806[19].
  • quinone's ChEBI ID is recorded as 36141[20].
  • quinone's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph541604[21].
  • quinone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quinones[22].
  • quinone's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 667.256[23].
  • quinone's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 547.636[24].
  • quinone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • quinone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • quinone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/quinone[27].

Why It Matters

quinone ranks in the top 9% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month).[2] quinone has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] quinone is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). quinone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/quinone
MLA “quinone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/quinone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_quinone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{quinone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/quinone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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