Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!mat From: mat@hou5e.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Dioxin molecular structure? Message-ID: <624@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Jul-83 21:21:40 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5e.624 Posted: Sun Jul 3 21:21:40 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 00:34:42 EDT References: <159@ihlts.UUCP> Lines: 39 Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou5e.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihlts.UUCP Path: hou5e!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Dioxin molecular structure? Message-ID: <159@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 08:49:19 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlts.159 Posted: Fri Jul 1 08:49:19 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 11:04:24 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 20 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.