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quinone methides

quinone methides is the plural of quinone methide.

Meaning of quinone methide

Noun

quinone methide (plural quinone methides)

  1. Any derivative of a quinine in which one of the carbonyl groups has been replaced by a methylene group

Questions about quinone methides

What is quinone methides the plural of?
Quinone methides is the plural of quinone methide.

Words near quinone methides in the dictionary

  1. quinomycin
  2. quinone
  3. quinone imine
  4. quinone imines
  5. quinone methide
  6. quinone methides
  7. quinonediimine
  8. quinonediimines
  9. quinoneimine
  10. quinoneimines
  11. quinonemethide

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