1,4-benzoquinone
The simplest member of the class of 1,4-benzoquinones, obtained by the formal oxidation of hydroquinone to the corresponding diketone. It is a metabolite of benzene.
Exact Synonyms
1,4-benzoquinone
1,4-Benzoquinone
cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione
Related Synonyms
1,4-Benzochinon
2,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione
benzo-1,4-quinone
benzoquinone
p-Benzoquinone
p-Chinon
p-quinone
para-benzoquinone
Quinone
class Information
charge
0
formula
C6H4O2
has_alternative_id
has_dbxref
- CAS:106-51-4
- Gmelin:2741
- HMDB:HMDB0003364
- KEGG:C00472
- KEGG:C15602
- MetaCyc:P-BENZOQUINONE
- PDBeChem:PLQ
- PMID:10462055
- PMID:11304127
- PMID:1395635
- PMID:15182198
- PMID:15618234
- PMID:15920754
- PMID:16484134
- PMID:24023812
- PMID:25057895
- PMID:9118901
- Reaxys:773967
- UM-BBD_compID:c0261
- Wikipedia:1,4-Benzoquinone
has_obo_namespace
chebi_ontology
inchi
InChI=1S/C6H4O2/c7-5-1-2-6(8)4-3-5/h1-4H
inchikey
AZQWKYJCGOJGHM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
in_subset
mass
108.09480
monoisotopicmass
108.02113
smiles
O=C1C=CC(=O)C=C1
class Relations
Subclass of