Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
QUINONOID
Etymology
Adjective
quinonoid (not comparable)
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or having the structure of a quinone
Noun
quinonoid (plural quinonoids)
(organic chemistry) Any compound that resembles a quinone but in which the >C=O groups are replaced by carbon-to-carbon double bonds
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