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Diethyl ether

≥98%, reagent grade, contains ≤2% ethanol and ≤10ppm BHT as inhibitor

Synonym(s):

Et2O, Ethoxyethane, Ether, Ethyl ether

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2)2O
CAS Number:
60-29-7
Molecular Weight:
74.12
NACRES:
NA.07
PubChem Substance ID:
329755043
UNSPSC Code:
12352112
EC Number:
200-467-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011646
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696894
eCl@ss:
39021002
Assay:
≥98%
Grade:
reagent grade
Bp:
34.6 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
28.5 psi ( 55 °C), 8.38 psi ( 20 °C)
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Product Name

Diethyl ether, reagent grade, ≥98%, contains ≤2% ethanol and ≤10ppm BHT as inhibitor

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

100

vapor density

2.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

28.5 psi ( 55 °C), 8.38 psi ( 20 °C)

assay

≥98%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

320 °F, 356 °F

contains

≤2% ethanol and ≤10ppm BHT as inhibitor

expl. lim.

36.5 %

dilution

(for analytical testing)

impurities

≤0.5% (water)

refractive index

n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)

bp

34.6 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOCC

InChI

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

InChI key

RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Diethylether, also known as ethyl ether or ether, is frequently used as a laboratory solvent. It is highly volatile, non-flammable, has limited solubility in water, and has high solubility in oil. Ethers are favored solvents for oils, fats, waxes, perfumes, dyes, resins, gums, and hydrocarbons. Additionally, it can be used as a fuel and to synthesize other chemical compounds. It is also employed as a solvent for Grignard synthesis.

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pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

target_organs

Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH019,EUH066

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-40.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

-40 °C - closed cup

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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
Ether-directed ortho-C-H olefination with a palladium(II)/monoprotected amino acid catalyst.
Gang Li et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(4), 1245-1247 (2012-12-15)
Tatsuya Yoshino et al.
Organic letters, 14(16), 4290-4292 (2012-08-09)
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.
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346144-1L04061826760970