Pelletier and Caventou (1820) "Recherches chimiques sur les quinquinas" (Chemical investigations of quinquinas [i.e., the bark of various 金雞納樹 trees]), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 2nd series, 15 : 289-318, 337-364. On pages 341-342, the preparation and properties of l'acide pyro-kinique (pyroquinic acid or hydroquinone) are discussed.