1,3-dioxane
Sign in to saveAlso known as m-dioxane, 1,3-dioxacyclohexane, trimethylene glycol methylene ether, dihydro-m-dioxin, meta-dioxane, 1,3-propanediol formal
1,3-Dioxane or m-dioxane is an organic compound with the molecular formula . It is a saturated six-membered heterocycle with two oxygen atoms in place of carbon atoms at the 1- and 3- positions. 1,4-Dioxane, which is of greater commercial value, is an isomer. Both dioxanes are colorless liquids.
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- Mass
- 88.052
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- electric dipole moment
- 2.06
- melting point
- -45
- chemical formula
- C₄H₈O₂
- ionization energy
- 9.80
- canonical SMILES
- C1COCOC1
- boiling point
- 106.1
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1,3-Dioxane or m-dioxane is an organic compound with the molecular formula . It is a saturated six-membered heterocycle with two oxygen atoms in place of carbon atoms at the 1- and 3- positions. 1,4-Dioxane, which is of greater commercial value, is an isomer. Both dioxanes are colorless liquids.
==Preparation and derivatives== The parent 1,3-dioxane is prepared by the reaction of formaldehyde and 1,3-propanediol in the presence of Brönsted or Lewis acid catalysts.