4-Quinolone

Chemical compound

4-Quinolone is an organic compound derived from quinoline. It and 2-quinolone are the two most important parent quinolones. 4-Quinolone exists in equilibrium with a minor tautomer, 4-hydroxyquinoline (CAS#611-36-9). Aside from pedagogical interest, 4-quinolone is of little intrinsic value but its derivatives, the 4-quinolone antibiotics, represent a large class of important drugs.

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