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dioxane
Sign in to saveAlso known as Diethylene dioxide, Diethylene ether, Dioxan, p-Dioxane, dioxane-1,4, 1,4-dioxacyclohexane, glycol ethylene ether, di(ethylene oxide)
1,4-Dioxane () is a heterocyclic organic compound, classified as an ether. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether. The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane isomers (1,2- and 1,3-) are rarely encountered.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O2
- Molecular weight
- 88.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,4-dioxane
- SMILES
- C1COCCO1
- InChIKey
- RYHBNJHYFVUHQT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.3
- Polar surface area
- 18.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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12 sectionsContents
- History and synthesis
- Structure
- Uses
- Trichloroethane transport
- As a solvent
- Toxicology
- Safety
- Explosion hazard
- Environment
- Consumer products
- See also
- References
1,4-Dioxane () is a heterocyclic organic compound, classified as an ether. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether. The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane isomers (1,2- and 1,3-) are rarely encountered.
1,4-Dioxane is miscible in water, essentially nonvolatile when dissolved in water, not well adsorbed by activated carbon, and not readily oxidized by common oxidants.
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