quinine
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Within the molecules are chemical groups called quinones, which are the electron reservoirs, and amines, which help the material to form strong hydrogen bonds.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
In January this year, a team including Aziz announced that cheap organic chemicals called quinones could be used in a flow battery, partnered to a standard liquid electrode such as bromine.
From Nature • Mar. 5, 2014
In addition to quinones, phenols, terpenes and other chemicals that are often used in insect warfare, they found an unexpected ingredient: 2,5-dichlorophenol, a derivative of a man-made herbicide.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paradoxically, when the insects begin to munch, oxidation changes the tasty quinols into quinones that repel the beetles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before leaving the phenols, mention must be made of the quinones, the use of which for tanning purposes was first protected by Ger.
From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg
Vocabulary lists containing quinine
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English Words Derived from Quechua
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