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hydroquinone
[ hahy-droh-kwi-nohn, -druh-kwin-ohn ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- 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
- a white crystalline soluble phenol used as a photographic developer; 1,4-dihydroxybenzene. Formula: C 6 H 4 (OH) 2 Also calledquinol
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Origin of hydroquinone1
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Example Sentences
By reaction with sodium sulphite it is converted into a hydroquinone sulphonate of deep purple colour.
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Hydroquinone was obtained by Caventou and Pelletier by heating quinic acid, but these chemists did not recognize its true nature.
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When phenol is oxidized in acid solution by chlorine, tetrachlorquinone is obtained, a compound also obtainable from hydroquinone.
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When hydrolyzed by mineral acids or emulsin, it yields glucose and hydroquinone.
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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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