nitroquinol

English

Etymology

nitro- +‎ quinol

Noun

nitroquinol (plural nitroquinols)

1. (organic chemistry) A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well-defined series of derivatives.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nitroquinol”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)