1,2-Dioxin is a
heterocyclic
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,
organic
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,
antiaromatic
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compound
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with the
chemical formula
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CHO. It is an
isomer
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ic form of
1,4-dioxin
1,4-Dioxin (also referred as dioxin or ''p''-dioxin) is a heterocyclic, organic, non-aromatic compound with the chemical formula CHO. There is an isomeric form of 1,4-dioxin, 1,2-dioxin (or ''o''-dioxin). 1,2-Dioxin is very unstable due to i ...
(or ''p''-dioxin).
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Due to its
peroxide
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-like characteristics, 1,2-dioxin is very unstable and has not been isolated. Calculations suggest that it would isomerize rapidly into but-2-enedial. Even
substituted
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derivatives, such as 1,4-diphenyl-2,3-benzodioxin, are very labile.
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In 1990, 3,6-bis(''p''-tolyl)-1,2-dioxin (1) was incorrectly reported as the first stable derivative. It was subsequently shown that the initial compound was not a derivative of 1,2-dioxin, but a thermodynamically more stable
dione (2).
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References
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Dioxins
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