Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Ether:
(1) A
functional group
characterized by an oxygen atom
single-bonded
to two carbon atoms. The carbon atoms may be of any
hybridization
, but cannot be
carbonyl groups
. The term may also describe a
molecule
containing this
functional group
.
Generic ether
structure
Chloro
methyl
phenyl
ether
(2)
Ethyl
ether (also called di
ethyl
ether);
CH
3
CH
2
O
CH
2
CH
3
. Sometimes abbreviated as
Et
2
O
. A common
nonpolar
(
ε
= 4.3),
aprotic solvent
.
Tetrahydrofuran
(
THF
) is another common ether
solvent
.
Di
ethyl
ether
Tetrahydrofuran
(
THF
)
Related terms:
Ester
,
alcohol
,
sulfide
,
thioether
,
acetal
,
ketal
,
hemiaceta
l,
orthoester
,
peroxide
,
polar solvent
,
protic solvent
,
silyl ether
,
silyl enol ether
,
crown ether
,
petroleum ether
,
pet ether
Wikipedia entries:
Functional group
,
ethyl ether
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