ethers

Also known as ether

thumb|150px|The general structure of an ether. R and R' represent most organyl [[substituents.]]

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Ethers are organic compounds made up of two carbon-containing groups connected by an oxygen atom. They're important in chemistry because they appear frequently in nature and in industrial applications, from medicines to solvents.

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Research

183,800 papers

TRICHLORETHYLENE--ETHER--AIR.Anaesthesia · 1963TUNSTALL MEDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1963.tb13571.x
Ether-O-oxidase.Biochemical pharmacology · 1980Peters RADOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(80)90232-4
Radical-Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes with benzyl ethers over 2H-MoS(2): ether cleavage into carbon- and oxygen-centered radicals.Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) · 2022Du X, Zhang C, Liu SDOI: 10.1039/d2dt02801h
Degradation of alkyl ethers, aralkyl ethers, and dibenzyl ether by Rhodococcus sp. strain DEE5151, isolated from diethyl ether-containing enrichment cultures.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2004Kim YH, Engesser KHDOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4398-4401.2004
Synthesis and biological evaluation of 12 allenic aromatic ethers.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2007Wang SY, Mao WW, She ZG et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.02.084
HALOTHANE-ETHER-AIR ANESTHESIA.JAMA · 1964MARKELLO R, KING BDDOI: 10.1001/jama.1964.03070230005001
A new way to create ether lipids.Nature chemical biology · 2023Lee JY, Kim JW, Lee EWDOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01255-z
Studies of the hydrogen bond; influence of double bond on associates between ethers and water.Acta chemica Scandinavica · 1948EHRENBERG L, FISCHER IDOI: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.02-0657

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Commons category: Ethers
general formula: R–O–R′
canonical SMILES: [*]O[*]
SMARTS notation: [#6!$([#6]=[!#6])][OX2][#6!$([#6]=[!#6])]

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Contents

History
Structure and bonding
Vinyl- and acetylenic ethers
Nomenclature
Trivial names
Polyethers
Related compounds
Physical properties
Cleavage
Peroxide formation
Lewis bases
Alpha-halogenation
Dehydration of alcohols
Electrophilic addition of alcohols to alkenes
Epoxides
Williamson and Ullmann ether syntheses
Important ethers
See also
References

thumb|150px|The general structure of an ether. R and R' represent most organyl [[substituents.]]

In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group, a single oxygen atom bonded to two separate carbon atoms, each part of an organyl group (e.g., alkyl or aryl). They have the general formula , where R and R′ represent the organyl groups. Ethers can again be classified into two varieties: if the organyl groups are the same on both sides of the oxygen atom, then it is a simple or symmetrical ether, whereas if they are different, the ethers are called mixed or unsymmetrical ethers. A typical example of the first group is the solvent and anaesthetic diethyl ether, commonly referred to simply as "ether" (). Ethers are common in organic chemistry and even more prevalent in biochemistry, as they are common linkages in carbohydrates and lignin.