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Dioxin vs Dioxane - What's the difference?

dioxin | dioxane |

As nouns the difference between dioxin and dioxane

is that dioxin is any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides while dioxane is any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.

dioxin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides
  • (organic compound) the parent compound, dibenzo-p -dioxin, in which two benzene rings are connected vio two oxygen atoms; oxanthrene
  • (organic compound) the unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds

    • dioxane

    English

    (wikipedia dioxane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.

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