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Narrative
Aqueous potassium ferricyanide is added to solutions of hydroquinone and hydroquinone plus the nucleophile sodium benzenesulfinate. The nucleophile undergoes addition to the resulting quinone producing a precipitate.

Discussion
Aqueous K₃Fe(CN)₆ oxidizes hydroquinone to quinone, which reacts with the nucleophile sodium benzenesulfinate.