Dioxin

Dioxin stands for the following chemical substances in various contexts:

• In general usage for certain environmentally hazardous, polyhalogenated derivatives of dibenzodioxin , see:
  • Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans ( PCDD / PCDF for short ; in connection with "dioxin scandals" this group of substances is usually meant)
  • Polybrominated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans ( PBDD / PBDF for short )
  • Polyfluorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (short PFDD / PFDF )
• Especially for
  • 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), the best known and most toxic polychlorinated dibenzodioxin as sevesodioxin
• Chemically according to the Hantzsch-Widman nomenclature for certain heterocyclic compounds, more precisely doubly unsaturated six-membered rings that contain two oxygen atoms:
  • 1,2-dioxin
  • 1,4-dioxin

See also:

Wiktionary: Dioxin  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Dioxin scandal

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