diethyl ether

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

chemical compound

OverviewAI-generated

Diethyl ether, also known as ethoxyethane, is a chemical compound with the formula C₄H₁₀O. It has a molecular mass of 74.07316494 and a canonical SMILES notation of CCOCC. The substance exhibits a density of 0.71 and a boiling point of 94. Its melting point values are recorded as -177, -116.0, and -116.3. The vapor pressure is 440, and the speed of sound within the material is 976.

Physical properties include a flash point of -49 and a solubility of 8. The lower flammable limit is 1.9, while the upper flammable limit is 36. The ionization energy is 9.53, and the electric dipole moment is 1.15. Safety data indicates an immediately dangerous to life or health level of 5757 and a time-weighted average exposure limit of 1200.

In computational chemistry, diethyl ether has an xlogp of 0.9 and a topological polar surface area of 9.2. It contains zero hydrogen bond donors and one hydrogen bond acceptor, with a charge of 0. The compound is referenced by 2,379 other encyclopedia articles.

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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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Encyclopedic overview

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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