1,3-Dioxane
1,3-Dioxane or m-dioxane is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C4H8O2.[1] It is a saturated six-membered heterocycle with two oxygen atoms in place of carbon atoms at the 1- and 3- positions. The corresponding five-membered rings are known as 1,3-dioxolanes.
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| Preferred IUPAC name
 1,3-Dioxane  | |
| Other names
 Formaldehyde trimethylene acetal  | |
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| 102532 | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.007.278 | 
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| UN number | 1165 | 
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| Properties | |
| C4H8O2 | |
| Molar mass | 88.106 g·mol−1 | 
| Melting point | −42 °C (−44 °F; 231 K) | 
| Boiling point | 103 °C (217 °F; 376 K) | 
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| H225, H302, H312, H315, H332 | |
| P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P312, P304+P340, P312, P321, P322, P330, P332+P313, P362, P363, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501 | |
| Flash point | 2 °C (36 °F; 275 K) | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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Like 1,3-dioxolanes, 1,3-dioxanes are acetals which can be used as protecting groups for carbonyl compounds. They are prepared from the reaction between carbonyl compounds (formaldehyde for the parent 1,3-dioxane) and 1,3-propanediol in the presence of Brönsted or Lewis acid catalysts.[2]
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- Sigma-Aldrich Co., 1,3-Dioxane 97%.
 - Greene, Theodora W.; Wuts, Peter G. M. (1999). "1,3-Dioxanes, 1,3-Dioxolanes". Greene's Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis (3rd ed.). Wiley-Interscience. pp. 308–322, 724–727. ISBN 9780471160199. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
 
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