benzosemiquinone

noun

Any semiquinone derived from benzoquinone

Scrabble 38

Meanings

nounbenzosemiquinone (plural benzosemiquinones)

plural benzosemiquinones

  1. chemistryAny semiquinone derived from benzoquinone
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    Though the relative orientations of methylimidazole and benzosemiquinone had little impact on the N δ nqi tensor, Fritscher found the hydrogen bond length to have a dramatic effect on η (Figure S9, Supporting Information ). 32 Shortening the N···O distance from 3.25 to 2.75 Å resulted in an increase in η from 0.17 to 0.61.

    2014 July 15, Patrick J. O’Malley, Colin A. Wraight, Sergei A. Dikanov, “Hyperfine and Nuclear Quadrupole Tensors of Nitrogen Donors in the QA Site of Bacterial Reaction Centers: Correlation of the Histidine Nδ Tensors with Hydrogen Bond Strength”, in The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, volume 118, →DOI

Origin

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  21. Latinsēmi-
  22. Englishsemi-
  23. Englishquinine
  24. Englishquinic
  25. GermanKeton
  26. Englishketone
  27. Englishquinone
  28. Englishsemiquinone
  29. Englishbenzosemiquinone

From benzo- + semiquinone.

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