Duroquinone is an organic oxidant (C<sub>6</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>). It is related to 1,4-benzoquinone by replacement of four H centres with methyl (Me) groups. The C<sub>10</sub>O<sub>2</sub> core of this molecule is planar with two pairs of C=O and C=C bonds.
The compound is produced via nitration of durene (1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) followed reduction to the diamine and then oxidation.
A derived organoiron compound (÷<sup>2</sup>,÷<sup>2</sup>-C<sub>6</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>)Fe(CO)<sub>3</sub> is obtained by the carbonylation of 2-butyne in the presence of iron pentacarbonyl.
The molecule has been mentioned in the popular press as a component of a "nano brain".
Duroquinone was observed in a degradation products generated from pyrolysis of ñ-Tocopheryl acetate.