Dioxolane

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Dioxolane
IUPAC name Dioxolane
Other names 1,3-dioxolane
Identifiers
CAS number [646-06-0]
SMILES O1COCC1
Properties
Molecular formula C3H6O2
Molar mass 74.08 g/mol
Density 1.0666 g/cm3
Melting point

-95 °C

Boiling point

75.6 °C

Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)

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Dioxolane or 1,3-dioxolane is an heterocyclic acetal with the chemical formula C3H6O2. It is an analogue of tetrahydrofuran with an additional ring oxygen atom and an analogue of the 6 membered ring 1,3-dioxane. The isomeric 1,2-dioxolane analogue is classified as a peroxide. Dioxolane is used as a solvent and as a co-monomer in polyacetals.

Dioxolanes are a group of organic compounds sharing the dioxolane ring structure. Dioxolanes can be prepared by acetalization of carbonyl groups with ethylene glycol. (+)-cis-Dioxolane is the trivial name for L-(+)-cis-2-methyl-4-trimethylammoniummethyl-1,3-dioxolane iodide which is a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist.

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