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dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin [Supplementary Concept]
structure in first source
Date introduced: September 13, 2005
Organic Chemicals
A broad class of substances containing carbon and its derivatives. Many of these chemicals will frequently contain hydrogen with or without oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and other elements. They exist in either carbon chain or carbon ring form.
Year introduced: 1998
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
Organic compounds that contain a ring structure made up of carbon and one or more additional elements such as nitrogen and oxygen.
Heterocyclic Compounds
Cyclic compounds that include atoms other than carbon in their ring structure.
Dioxins
A family of compounds that contain the 1,4-dioxin structure. Many specific dioxin derivatives are listed as CARCINOGENS; TERATOGENS; or MUTAGENS.
Year introduced: 1968
Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds
A group of toxic chemical compounds that share chemical structures and biological characteristics that are related to the potent carcinogen 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
Year introduced: 2017