quinoxaline

[kwi-nok-suh-leen, -lin]

noun Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C8H6N2, used chiefly in organic synthesis.

Also quin·ox·a·lin

[kwi-nok-suh-lin] /kwɪˈnɒk sə lɪn/.

Origin of quinoxaline

1880–85; quin(ine) + (gly)oxal + -ine²

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