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p-dioxanone
Sign in to save'''p-Dioxanone (1,4-dioxan-2-one''') is the lactone of 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)acetic acid. It is a monomer that can undergo ring-opening polymerization to give polydioxanone, a biodegradable implant material. It is isomeric to trimethylene carbonate (1,3-dioxan-2-one).
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- Mass
- 102.032
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₆O₃
- canonical SMILES
- C1COC(=O)CO1
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- 1,4-Dioxan-2-on
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'''p-Dioxanone (1,4-dioxan-2-one') is the lactone of 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)acetic acid. It is a monomer that can undergo ring-opening polymerization to give polydioxanone, a biodegradable implant material. It is isomeric to trimethylene carbonate (1,3-dioxan-2-one).
== Preparation == The common synthetic process for p-dioxanone is continuous gas-phase dehydrogenation of diethylene glycol on a copper or copper chromite catalyst at 280 °C. File:1,4-Dioxan-2-on aus DEG.svg