Duroquinone
![Structural formula of duroquinone](/Images/godic/202501/10/Duroquinone4319.png")
![Ball-and-stick model of the duroquinone molecule](/Images/godic/202501/10/Duroquinone_3D_ball4319.png")
Duroquinone is the organic compound with the formula C4(CH3)4O2. It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The C10O2 core of this molecule is planar with two pairs of C=O and C=C bonds.
The compound is produced via nitration of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) followed reduction to the diamine and then oxidation.