Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihlts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!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: Sat, 2-Jul-83 04:50:55 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 20 As there is no net.chem, I am putting this article here. 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 Benzene rings, with some |( )| |( )| <-- substitutions, linked C C C C by the two O atoms. / \ / \ / \ / \ 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'm from Missouri, the "Show me the dioxin" state. Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe