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Definition of Naphthoquinone
1. Noun. A fat-soluble vitamin that helps in the clotting of blood.
Generic synonyms: Fat-soluble Vitamin
Specialized synonyms: Phylloquinone, Phytonadione, Vitamin K1, Menadione, Vitamin K3
Definition of Naphthoquinone
1. n. A yellow crystalline substance, C10H6O2, analogous to quinone, obtained by oxidizing naphthalene with chromic acid.
Definition of Naphthoquinone
1. Noun. (organic compounds) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Naphthoquinone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Naphthoquinone
Literary usage of Naphthoquinone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1892)
"... in fuming nitric acid and are not attacked by an acetic acid solution of
chromium trioxide in the cold.1 AMIDO-DERIVATIVES OF a-naphthoquinone 2657 ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"NOTE ON THE OXIDATION OF /J-naphthoquinone. BY CH ROBINSON. Received November I,
1909. In a series of experiments on the oxidation of naphthalene and ..."
3. The Natural Organic Colouring Matters by Arthur George Perkin, Arthur Ernest Everest (1918)
"O a-naphthoquinone. of which, however, only (i) and (2) are known. = 0 =o Both
of these quinones are readily formed by the oxidation of various naphthalene ..."
4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"433). ; naphthoquinone, C,„H6[i,2]O3, is produced on oxidizing (S-amido- «-naphthol
with ferric chloride (B. 17, R. 531 ; 21, 3472). ..."
5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"It is produced from /3-naphthoquinone by the action of a little bleaching lime as
... Like n-naphthoquinone, it can add two atoms of chlorine and bromine, ..."
6. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"5-Oxy-a- naphthoquinone, Juglone, consists of yellow needles, melting with
decomposition about 150-155°. The best method to obtain it consists in oxidizing ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... was probably much impressed by the recently discovered fact that benzene-
azo-3-naphthol was identical with the phenyl hydrazone of ö-naphthoquinone, ..."
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