A diazaquinone is a chemical compound that has an heterocyclic aromatic core including two consecutive doubly-bonded nitrogen atoms −N=N−, with the two =CH− carbon units adjacent to the nitrogens replaced by carbonyl (ketone) groups −(C=O)−.
These carbon and nitrogen atoms then comprise a diacyl diimide unit, −(C=O)−N=N−(C=O)−.
[1] Two canonical examples are 3,6-pyridazinedione (a quinone of pyridine), emerald-green; and 1,4-phthalazinedione (a quinone of phthalazine) a green crystalline solid (both soluble in acetone and stable at -77 °C).
[1] The name was proposed by Thomas J. Kealy in 1962.
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