diethyl ether

Also known as ethoxyethane, R-610, ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl oxide, solvent ether, ethyl ether

chemical compound

AI overview

Diethyl ether is a colorless, volatile liquid made from two ethyl groups bonded to an oxygen atom, commonly known for its sweet-smelling odor. It has been historically important as an early anesthetic in surgery and remains useful today as a solvent in various chemical and industrial processes.

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Chemical data

Formula: C4H10O
Molecular weight: 74.12 g/mol
IUPAC name: ethoxyethane
SMILES: CCOCC
InChIKey: RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 0.9
Polar surface area: 9.2 Å²
H-bond donors: 0
H-bond acceptors: 1
Formal charge: 0

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Research

72,634 papers

Diethyl ether. 1963.International anesthesiology clinics · 1998Bergquist CVDOI: 10.1097/00004311-199803640-00010
Diethyl ether anaesthesia does not block local touch response in Arabidopsis thaliana.Journal of plant physiology · 2024Hřivňacký M, Rác M, Vrobel O et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154358
Inhalation anaesthesia: from diethyl ether to xenon.ReviewHandbook of experimental pharmacology · 2008Bovill JGDOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74806-9_6
DIETHYL ETHER.International anesthesiology clinics · 1963BERQUIST CV
Anaesthesia with diethyl ether impairs jasmonate signalling in the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).Annals of botany · 2020Pavlovič A, Libiaková M, Bokor B et al.DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz177
Toward Lung Ventilation Imaging Using Hyperpolarized Diethyl Ether Gas Contrast Agent.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Ariyasingha NM, Chowdhury MRH, Samoilenko A et al.DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304071
Anaesthetic diethyl ether impairs long-distance electrical and jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana.Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB · 2021Jakšová J, Rác M, Bokor B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.11.019
Diethyl ether effects on muscarinic acetylcholine receptor complexes in rat brainstem.Biochemical pharmacology · 1988Anthony BL, Dennison RL Jr, Narayanan TK et al.DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(88)90093-7

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 74.07316494
Image: Dietil eter.png

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Commons category: Diethyl ether
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID: 0277
MCN code: 2909.44.21
canonical SMILES: CCOCC
boiling point: 94
density: 0.71
speed of sound: 976
immediately dangerous to life or health: 5757
melting point: -116.3
vapor pressure: 440
flash point: -49
solubility: 8
lower flammable limit: 1.9
upper flammable limit: 36
ionization energy: 9.51
time-weighted average exposure limit: 1200
chemical formula: C₄H₁₀O
electric dipole moment: 1.15

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Article

Diethyl ether, or simply ether (abbreviated as eth. or Et2O) is an organic compound with the chemical formula (CH3CH2)2O, belonging to the ether class. It is a colourless, highly volatile, sweet-smelling (termed "ethereal odour"), and extremely flammable liquid. It is a common solvent and was formerly used as a general anesthetic.

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