benzoquinolone

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noun

A bicyclic heterocycle containing a benzene ring fused to a quinolone, alternately it can be considered a ketone derived from a benzoquinoline

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Meanings

nounbenzoquinolone (plural benzoquinolones)

plural benzoquinolones

  1. chemistryA bicyclic heterocycle containing a benzene ring fused to a quinolone, alternately it can be considered a ketone derived from a benzoquinoline

Origin

Formed as benzo- + quinoline + -one

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