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methoxyethane
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Methoxyethane, also known as ethyl methyl ether, is a colorless gaseous ether with the formula . Unlike the related dimethyl ether and diethyl ether, which are widely used and studied, this mixed alkyl ether has no current applications. It is a structural isomer of isopropyl alcohol. Its utility as an anesthetic and solvent have been investigated.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H8O
- Molecular weight
- 60.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- methoxyethane
- SMILES
- CCOC
- InChIKey
- XOBKSJJDNFUZPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.4
- Polar surface area
- 9.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Methoxyethane, also known as ethyl methyl ether, is a colorless gaseous ether with the formula . Unlike the related dimethyl ether and diethyl ether, which are widely used and studied, this mixed alkyl ether has no current applications. It is a structural isomer of isopropyl alcohol. Its utility as an anesthetic and solvent have been investigated.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “methoxyethane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.