a colorless, liquid ether, C4H8O2, prepared from ethylene oxide or glycol and used as a solvent for fats, etc. and in cosmetics, deodorants, etc.
Word origin
di-1 + ox- + -ane
dioxane in American English
(daiˈɑksein)
noun
Chemistry
a colorless, flammable, liquid cyclic ether, C4H8O2, having a faint, pleasant odor: used chiefly in the varnish and silk industries and as a dehydrator in histology
Word origin
[1910–15; di-1 + ox(y)-2 + -ane]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackout, cat and mouse, flashback, insulin, zingdi- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double”(diphthong). On this model, di- is freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide); -ane is a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series. Otherwords that use the affix -ane include: butane, catenane, ethane, heptane, propane
Examples of 'dioxane' in a sentence
dioxane
A new compound, 2-dichloromethyl-2-p-nitrophenyl-1,3-dioxane, was synthesized and characterized.
Fei Ye, Chang-Ying Sun, Ying Fu 2013, 'Synthesis and Crystal Structure of 2-(Dichloromethyl)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)-1,3-dioxane',Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/974174. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The 1,4-dioxane ring, which lies about an inversion center, adopts a chair conformation.
Shaaban K. Mohamed, Mehmet Akkurt, Muhammad N. Tahir, Antar A. Abdelhamid, Sabry H.H. Younes 2012, '2-Amino-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-chromene-3-carbonitrile 1,4-dioxanehemisolvate', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536812027729. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, current membrane-based water reclamation approaches cannot effectively remove carcinogenic 1,4-dioxane.
Xiyan Xu, Shuming Liu, Yong Cui, Xiaoting Wang, Kate Smith, Yujue Wang 2019, 'Solar-Driven Removal of 1,4-Dioxane Using WO3/nγ-Al2O3Nano-catalyst in Water', Catalystshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/9/4/389. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The maximum increase (of 43%) was observed in 1,4-dioxane.
Gabriel Barletta, Yamixa Delgado, Marc D. Legault, Vibha Bansal 2012, 'Low Operational Stability of Enzymes in Dry Organic Solvents: Changes in the ActiveSite Might Affect Catalysis', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/17/2/1870/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The cyclohexane ring and both six-membered dioxane rings adopt chair conformations.
Yong-Jun He, Min-Hao Xie, Pei Zou, Ya-Ling Liu, Jun Wu 2009, '3,3,12,12-Tetramethyl-1,5,10,14-tetraoxadispiro[5.2.5.2]hexadecane', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809021291. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The dioxane and pyridine rings adopt twist conformations in both molecules.
R. Raghunathan, S. Kathiravan, K. Ravikumar, B. Sridhar, S. Selvanayagam 2009, 'Methyl 2-(2,2,4-trimethyl-6-tosylperhydro-1,3-dioxino[5,4-c]pyridin-5-yl)acetate',Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536809014391. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stability of complexes has increased with increasing the dioxane content.
Sangita Sharma, Jayesh Ramani, Dhara Patel, Ketan Patel, Mahesh Kadiya 2011, 'Evaluation of Stability of Complexes of Inner Transition Metal Ions with 2-Oxo-1-pyrrolidineAcetamide and Role of Systematic Errors', E-Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/147082. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, for di- and trimethoxyphenols the reaction proceeds only in dioxane.
María I. Chávez, Mauricio Soto, Lautaro Taborga, Katy Díaz, Andrés F. Olea, CamilaBay, Hugo Peña-Cortés, Luis Espinoza 2015, 'Synthesis and in Vitro Antifungal Activity against Botrytis cinerea of GeranylatedPhenols and Their Phenyl Acetate Derivatives', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/8/19130. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This latter was confirmed by experiments with constant conductivity and varying water–dioxane mixtures.
Marleen Mescher, Aldo G.M. Brinkman, Duco Bosma, Johan H. Klootwijk, Ernst J.R. Sudhölter,Louis C.P.M. de Smet 2014, 'Influence of Conductivity and Dielectric Constant of Water–Dioxane Mixtures on theElectrical Response of SiNW-Based FETs', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/2/2350. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The 1,3-dioxane ring exhibits an envelope conformation.
Wu-Lan Zeng 2011, '5-(3,4-Dimethylbenzylidene)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536811016497. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)