What is "trioxane"

n. (context organic compound English) Any saturated six-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms and three oxygen atoms

Trioxane refers to any of three isomeric organic compounds composed of a six-membered ring with three carbon atoms and three oxygen atoms, having the molecular formula CHO.

The three isomers are:

• 1,2,3-trioxane, a hypothetical compound related to molozonide,
• 1,2,4-trioxane, a hypothetical compound whose skeleton occurs as a structural element of some antimalarial agents ( artemisinin and similar drugs),
• 1,3,5-trioxane, a trimer of formaldehyde used as fuel and in plastics manufacture, and also as a solid fuel tablet when combined with Hexamine.