different between quinone vs chromanol

English

quinic acid +? -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.

quinone (plural quinones)

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

chromanol (plural chromanols)

(organic chemistry) any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substituted quinones; examples with isoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such as tocopherol

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