Methylidenecyclohexadienones and dimethylidenecyclohexadienes, formally derived from quinones by replacement of one or both of the quinone oxygens by methylidene groups. (The diradical, triplet state of quinodimethanes can also be called
o- or
p-xylylenes).
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Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1362 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)