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1,2-Benzoquinone
1,2-Benzoquinone, also called ortho-benzoquinone, is an organic compound with formula C6H4O2. It is one of the two isomers of quinone, the other being 1,4-benzoquinone. It is a red volatile solid that is soluble in water and diethyl ether. It is rarely encountered because of its instability, but it is of fundamental interest as the parent compound of many derivatives which are known.
The molecule has C2v symmetry. X-ray crystallography shows that the double bonds are localized, with alternatingly long and short C-C distances within the ring. The C=O distances of 1.21 Å are characteristic of ketones.
1,2-Benzoquinone is produced on oxidation of catechol exposed to air in aqueous solution or by ortho oxidation of a phenol.
A strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas mendocina metabolises benzoic acid, yielding 1,2-benzoquinone via catechol.
Ortho-quinones are widely used in organic synthesis.
4,5-Dimethyl-1,2-benzoquinone, also a red solid, is a well behaved synthetic ortho-quinone.
The biological pigment melanin is rich in ortho-quinones.
Finally, the enzyme cofactors tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ), cysteine tryptophylquinone (CTQ), lysine tyrosylquinone (LTQ) and pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) contain the ortho-quinone moiety in their chemical structure.
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1,2-Benzoquinone
1,2-Benzoquinone, also called ortho-benzoquinone, is an organic compound with formula C6H4O2. It is one of the two isomers of quinone, the other being 1,4-benzoquinone. It is a red volatile solid that is soluble in water and diethyl ether. It is rarely encountered because of its instability, but it is of fundamental interest as the parent compound of many derivatives which are known.
The molecule has C2v symmetry. X-ray crystallography shows that the double bonds are localized, with alternatingly long and short C-C distances within the ring. The C=O distances of 1.21 Å are characteristic of ketones.
1,2-Benzoquinone is produced on oxidation of catechol exposed to air in aqueous solution or by ortho oxidation of a phenol.
A strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas mendocina metabolises benzoic acid, yielding 1,2-benzoquinone via catechol.
Ortho-quinones are widely used in organic synthesis.
4,5-Dimethyl-1,2-benzoquinone, also a red solid, is a well behaved synthetic ortho-quinone.
The biological pigment melanin is rich in ortho-quinones.
Finally, the enzyme cofactors tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ), cysteine tryptophylquinone (CTQ), lysine tyrosylquinone (LTQ) and pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) contain the ortho-quinone moiety in their chemical structure.