phenanthrenequinone

American

[fuh-nan-threen-kwuh-nohn, -kwin-ohn] / fəˌnæn θrin kwəˈnoʊn, -ˈkwɪn oʊn /

Also phenanthraquinone

noun

Chemistry.

a yellowish-orange, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 4 H 8 O 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis and the manufacture of dyes.

Etymology

Origin of phenanthrenequinone

First recorded in 1880–85; phenanthrene + quin(ine) + -one

Example Sentences

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It does not react with sodium or with phenylhydrazine, but yields dye-stuffs with isatin and phenanthrenequinone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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