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Offline thedy

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Resorcinol
« on: May 26, 2012, 01:24:58 AM »
Why doesn t resorcinol undergo oxidation to quinone and hydroquinone does?
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Re: Resorcinol
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2012, 12:12:25 PM »
Draw the structures for hydroquinone, quinone, resorcinol, and the oxidative product of resorcinol that would be similar to quinone

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