quinoyl Chem.
(ˈkwɪnəʊɪl)
Also kinoyle, quinoïl.
[f. quin-a + -o- + -yl.]
a. = quinone. b. (See quot. 1868.)
Woskresensky, the discoverer of quinone, named it chinoyl, for which Berzelius substituted chinon.
| 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 350/1 Quinoïl, a neutral substance obtained when kinic acid is decomposed by heat... It is of a golden yellow colour. 1848 Craig, Kinoyle, a sublimate obtained in golden yellow needles when a kinate is distilled. 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 32 Quinoyl, a diatomic radicle, which may be supposed to exist in quinone and its derivatives, quinone itself being regarded as the hydride. |