Chemical compound
Duroquinone is an organic oxidant (C6(CH3)4O2). It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The C10O2 core of this molecule is planar with two pairs of C=O and C=C bonds.[1]
The compound is produced via nitration of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) followed reduction to the diamine and then oxidation.[2]
A derived organoiron compound (η2,η2-C6(CH3)4O2)Fe(CO)3 is obtained by the carbonylation of 2-butyne in the presence of iron pentacarbonyl.[3]
The molecule has been mentioned in the popular press as a component of a "nano brain".[4]
Duroquinone was observed in a degradation products generated from pyrolysis of α-Tocopheryl acetate.[5]
References
- ^ J.-M. Lü, S. V. Rosokha, I. S. Neretin and J. K. Kochi, "Quinones as Electron Acceptors. X-Ray Structures, Spectral (EPR, UV-vis) Characteristics and Electron-Transfer Reactivities of Their Reduced Anion Radicals as Separated vs Contact Ion Pairs" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006 128, 16708-16719.doi:10.1021/ja066471o
- ^ Lee Irvin Smith. (1943). "Duronquinone". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 2, p. 254.
- ^ H. W. Sternberg, R. Markby and I. Wender, "A Quinone Iron Tricarbonyl Complex and its Significance in Organic Synthesis", Journal of the American Chemical Society 1958 volume 80, pp. 1009-1010. doi:10.1021/ja01537a075
- ^ *Fildes, Jonathan (2008-03-11). "Chemical brain controls nanobots". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ Wu, Dan; O’Shea, Donal F. (2020-03-24). "Potential for release of pulmonary toxic ketene from vaping pyrolysis of vitamin E acetate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (12): 6349–6355. doi:10.1073/pnas.1920925117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7104367. PMID 32156732.
