1,4-Dioxane

1,4-Dioxane is a <a href="/facts/Heterocyclic_compound/8oYSjJxY">heterocyclic</a> <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a>, classified as an <a href="/facts/Ether/jwDg0IKr">ether</a>. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet <a href="/facts/Odor/WnCopMmH">odor</a> similar to that of <a href="/facts/Diethyl_ether/Ep20vEdj">diethyl ether</a>. The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane <a href="/facts/Isomer/PXlvDVdg">isomers</a> (<a href="/facts/1,2-Dioxane/1XsS00GY">1,2-</a> and <a href="/facts/1,3-Dioxane/aIlxD3ut">1,3-</a>) are rarely encountered. 
1,4-Dioxane is miscible in water, essentially nonvolatile when dissolved in water, not well adsorbed by activated carbon, not readily oxidized by common oxidants.
Dioxane is used as a solvent for a variety of practical applications as well as in the laboratory, and also as a stabilizer for the transport of <a href="/facts/Chlorinated_hydrocarbons/IbblBkcB">chlorinated hydrocarbons</a> in aluminium containers.

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1,4-Dioxane