1,3,5-Trioxane — Trioxymethylene

SYNS POLYOXYMETHYLENE TRIOSSIMETELENE (ITALIAN) TRIOXANE sym-TRIOXANE 1,3,5-TRIOXANE TRIOXYMETHYLEEN PUTCH) TRIO-XYMETHYLEN (GERMAN) TRIOXYMETHYLENE... 

Metaformaldehyde The cyclic trimer of formaldehyde is usually called trioxane, but is sometimes called metaformaldehyde or trioxymethylene. The hydrated linear polymer form of formaldehyde, (CH20)n H20, is called paraformaldehyde. The trimer of acetaldehyde is called paraldehyde,... 

Formaldehyde is easily polymerized by opening the double bond between the carbon and oxygen atoms. When formaldehyde gas is kept at room temperature, a white solid trimer is formed. This trimer, which has a ring structure, is known as trioxymethylene, metaformaldehyde or trioxan. 

Trioxane Trioxin Trioxymethyleen Trioxy-methylen Trioxymethylene s-Trixane. Needles mp = 60.2° bp = 114.5° d = 1.17 very soluble in H2O, soluble in EtOH, Et20, CeHe, CHCI3, CCI4, CS2, insoluble in petroleum ether. 

Trioxopurine. See Uric acid Trioxylmethylene. See Paraformaldehyde Trioxymethylene. See Trioxane ... 

Trioxane oi alpha-trioxymethylene, (CHi>0)3, the cyclic trimer of formaldehyde, is a stable chemical indiiridual possessing unique, well-defined properties. Because of preparational difficulties, it has in the past been studied by veiy few iQ, estigators. Its obscurity has also been further enhanced by the incoiTect use of the term ririoxymethylene as a designation for linear formaldehyde polymers. 

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