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Diethyl ether

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Ether, Ethyl ether

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2)2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
74.12
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696894
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor density

2.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

2311 hPa ( 60 °C)

assay

≥99.9% (GC)

autoignition temp.

320 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

contains

~0.0005% 2,6-di-tert.-butyl-4-methylphenol as stabilizer

expl. lim.

36.5 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.1% water
water

refractive index

n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)
n20/D 1.353

bp

34.6 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

CCOCC

InChI

1S/C4H10O/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3

InChI key

RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Diethyl ether is a colorless and highly volatile organic compound, which commonly finds applications as an extraction solvent.

Application

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Flam. Liq. 1 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

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Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-40.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-40 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves


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A highly efficient total synthesis of the 11-membered cyclic aspercyclides A (1) and B (2) has been achieved by chemo- and regioselective intramolecular oxidative C-O bond formation from differently substituted diphenols.
Faysal Benaskar et al.
ChemSusChem, 6(2), 353-366 (2012-11-30)
A μ(2)-process in the Ullmann-type C-O coupling of potassium phenolate and 4-chloropyridine was successfully performed in a combined microwave (MW) and microflow process. Selective MW absorption in a micro-fixed-bed reactor (μ-FBR) by using a supported Cu nanocatalyst resulted in an

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