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hydroquinone

[ hahy-droh-kwi-nohn, -druh-kwin-ohn ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 2 , formed by the reduction of quinone: used chiefly in photography and to inhibit autoxidation reactions.


hydroquinone

/ ˌhaɪdrəʊˈkwɪnɒl; ˌhaɪdrəʊkwɪˈnəʊn /

noun

  1. a white crystalline soluble phenol used as a photographic developer; 1,4-dihydroxybenzene. Formula: C 6 H 4 (OH) 2 Also calledquinol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroquinone1

First recorded in 1860–65; hydro- 1 + quinone
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Example Sentences

By reaction with sodium sulphite it is converted into a hydroquinone sulphonate of deep purple colour.

Hydroquinone was obtained by Caventou and Pelletier by heating quinic acid, but these chemists did not recognize its true nature.

When phenol is oxidized in acid solution by chlorine, tetrachlorquinone is obtained, a compound also obtainable from hydroquinone.

When hydrolyzed by mineral acids or emulsin, it yields glucose and hydroquinone.

Hydroquinone as a developer was introduced this year by Eder and Toth, but it did not make much progress at first.

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