Thiourea dioxide
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Thiourea dioxide or thiox is an organosulfur compound that is used in the textile industry. It functions as a reducing agent. Thiourea dioxide is not a dioxide, but instead is a derivative of a sulfinic acid (RS(O)(OH), hence the alternative name formamidine sulfinic acid.