“…This indicates that the colour originates from electronic interactions between the benzoquinone and the conjugated furan chromophore [12] and not from a charge transfer interaction of the quinone with the remote resorcinol group. 2-Hydroxy-3,6-dimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone (10) [10,17] was prepared from 2,5-dimethylbenzoquinone via 1,2,4-triacetoxy-3,6-dimethylbenzene and 3,6-dimethylbenzene-1,2,4-triol according to literature procedures.…”