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phenanthrenequinone

[ fuh-nan-threen-kwuh-nohn, -kwin-ohn ]

noun

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


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of phenanthrenequinone1

First recorded in 1880–85; phenanthrene + quin(ine) + -one
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It does not react with sodium or with phenylhydrazine, but yields dye-stuffs with isatin and phenanthrenequinone.

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