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Subject: Dioxin molecular structure?
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	Does anyone know (with certainty) the molecular structure of
	dioxin (C12 H4 O2 Cl4)?  All I could come up with as a possibility
	is this:
		     H       H
		     |       |
		Cl   C   O   C   Cl
		  \ / \ / \ / \ /
		   C   C   C   C
		   |( )|   |( )|
		   C   C   C   C
		  / \ / \ / \ / \
		Cl   C   O   C   Cl
		     |       |
		     H       H
	But I am not convinced this HAS to be it.  In fact, it looks a little
	improbable.  Anyone know?

I believe that that is indeed ``#,#,#,# tetra-chloro di-bynzo para dioxin''
but I am not quite sure about the spelling, and I always lose track of the
#'s.  I've read them a few times and they don't seem to fit the scheme that
I was taught.

					Mark Terribile
					In New Jersey, the
					Chemical Capital of the world.