Dioxolane

Dioxolane[1]
IUPAC name

Dioxolane
Other names

1,3-dioxolane, formal glycol[2]
Identifiers
CAS number 646-06-0 Y
PubChem 138198
ChemSpider 121835 Y
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Properties
Molecular formula C3H6O2
Molar mass 74.08 g/mol
Density 1.06 g/cm3
Melting point

-95 °C, 178 K, -139 °F
Boiling point

75 °C, 348 K, 167 °F
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Dioxolane is a heterocyclic acetal with the chemical formula (CH2)2O2CH2. It is related to tetrahydrofuran by interchange of one oxygen for a CH2 group. The corresponding saturated 6-membered C4O2 rings are called dioxanes. The isomeric 1,2-dioxolane (wherein the two oxygen centers are adjacent) is an peroxide. 1,3-Dioxolane is used as a solvent and as a comonomer in polyacetals.

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Dioxolanes as a class of compounds

Dioxolanes are a group of organic compounds containing the dioxolane ring. Dioxolanes can be prepared by acetalization of aldehydes and ketalization of ketones with ethylene glycol.[3] (+)-cis-Dioxolane is the trivial name for L-(+)-cis-2-methyl-4-trimethylammoniummethyl-1,3-dioxolane iodide which is a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonist.

See also

References

  1. ^ 1,3-Dioxolane at Sigma-Aldrich
  2. ^ formal glycol - PubChem Public Chemical Database
  3. ^ R. A. Daignault, E. L. Eliel (1973), "2-Cyclohexyloxyethanol (involves acetalisation of cyclohexanone)", Org. Synth., http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=CV5P0303 ; Coll. Vol. 5: 303 

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