1,3,5-Trioxane
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| Name = 1,3,5-Trioxane
| ImageFile = 1,3,5-Trioxane.svg
| ImageSize = 100px
| IUPACName = 1,3,5-Trioxane
| OtherNames = ''s''-Trioxane
1,3,5-Trioxacyclohexane
Trioxymethylene
Metaformaldehye
Trioxin
| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers
| SMILES = C1OCOCO1
| CASNo = 110-88-3
| RTECS = YK0350000
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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties
| Formula = C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O<sub>3</sub>
| MolarMass = 90.08 g/mol
| Appearance = white crystalline solid
| Density = 1.17 g/cm³ (65 °C)
| Solubility = 17.2 g/100 ml (18 °C)
| MeltingPt = 64 °C
| BoilingPt = 114.5 °C
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| Section7 = {{Chembox Hazards
| MainHazards =
| FlashPt = 45 °C
| NFPA-H = 2
| NFPA-F = 2
| NFPA-R = 0
| RPhrases = 22
| SPhrases = 24/25
}}
| Section8 = {{Chembox Related
| OtherCpds = [[Formaldehyde]]
[[1,2,4-Trioxane]]
[[Polyoxymethylene]]
}}
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'''1,3,5-Trioxane''' is a stable cyclic [[trimer]] of [[formaldehyde]] with a [[chloroform]]-like odor. Being a [[trioxane]], it has the [[molecular formula]] C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>6</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and consists of a six membered ring with three [[carbon]] atoms and three [[oxygen]] atoms.
== Uses ==
In chemistry, it is used as a stable, easily handled source of anhydrous [[formaldehyde]]. In acidic solutions, it decomposes to generate three molecules of formaldehyde. It may also be used in polymerization to form acetal resins, such as [[polyoxymethylene plastic]].
When combined with [[hexamine]] and compressed into solid bars, it is used by the [[military]] and [[camping|outdoorsmen]] as a cooking fuel similar to [[hexamine fuel tablet|Esbit]].
1,3,5-Trioxane is a [[mortician]]'s restorative chemical that repairs cells and maintains the corpse's contours after postmortem tissue constriction.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Trioxane is also occasionally known by the synonym trioxin, sometimes mistaken for the fictional [[Trioxin (Return of the Living Dead)|2,4,5-trioxin]].
== Derivatives ==
The only possible mono-bromo derivative of trioxane is C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>5</sub>BrO<sub>3</sub>.
== See also ==
* [[Formaldehyde]]
* [[Paraformaldehyde]]
* [[Dioxane]]
== References ==
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