Content:
Chapter 1 General and theoretical aspects of quinones (pages 1–28): Anne Skancke and Per N. Skancke
Chapter 2 Physical and chemical analysis of quinones (pages 29–78): S. Berger, P. Hertl and A. Rieker
Chapter 3 Mass spectra of quinones (pages 87–109): Klaus?Peter Zeller and Roland Muller
Chapter 4 Chiroptical properties and absolute configurations of chiral quinones (pages 111–153): Howard E. Smith
Chapter 5 Photoelectron spectra of quinonoid compounds (pages 155–201): L. Klasinc and S. P. McGlynn
Chapter 6 Photochromism and thermochromism in bianthrones and bianthrylidenes (pages 203–224): K. A. Muszkat
Chapter 7 Chemiluminescence of quinonoid compounds (pages 225–240): Karl?Dietrich Gundermann and Dieter Lieske
Chapter 8 Recent advances in the synthesis of quinonoid compounds (pages 241–402): Yoshinori Naruta and Kazuhiro Maruyama
Chapter 9 ortho?Quinonoid compounds (pages 403–453): Colin W. G. Fishwick and David W. Jones
Chapter 10 meta?Quinonoid compounds (pages 455–536): Jerome A. Berson
Chapter 11 Quinones as synthones (pages 537–717): K. Thomas Finley
Chapter 12 Electrochemistry of quinones (pages 719–757): James Q. Chambers
Chapter 13 Recent advances in the photochemistry of quinones (pages 759–878): Kazuhiro Maruyama and Atsuhiro Osuka