Chem. Also kinoyle, quinoil. [f. QUIN-A + -O- + -YL.] a. = QUINONE. b. (See quot. 1868.)
Woskresensky, the discoverer of quinone, named it Chinoyl, for which Berzelius substituted Chinon.
1845. Penny Cycl., Suppl. I. 350/1. Quinoīl, a neutral substance obtained when kinic acid is decomposed by heat…. It is of a golden yellow colour.
1848. Craig, Kinoyle, a sublimate obtained in golden yellow needles when a kinate is distilled.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 32. Quinoyl, a diatomic-radicle, which may be supposed to exist in quinone and its derivatives, quinone itself being regarded as the hydride.
