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Diethyl ether

≥99.0%, anhydrous, ACS reagent, contains BHT as inhibitor

Synonym(s):

Et2O, Ethoxyethane, Ether, Ethyl ether

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2)2O
CAS Number:
60-29-7
Molecular Weight:
74.12
NACRES:
NA.07
PubChem Substance ID:
329755042
UNSPSC Code:
12352112
EC Number:
200-467-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011646
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696894
Assay:
≥99.0%
Grade:
ACS reagent, anhydrous
Bp:
34.6 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
28.66 psi ( 55 °C), 8.56 psi ( 20 °C)
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Product Name

Diethyl ether, ACS reagent, anhydrous, ≥99.0%, contains BHT as inhibitor

Quality Level

200

grade

ACS reagent, anhydrous

vapor density

2.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

28.66 psi ( 55 °C), 8.56 psi ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99.0%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

320 °F

contains

BHT as inhibitor

expl. lim.

36.5 %

dilution

(for analytical testing)

impurities

Alcohol ( as CH3CH2OH ), passes test, ≤0.0002 meq/g Titr. acid, ≤0.001% Carbonyl ( as HCHO ), ≤0.03% water, ≤1 ppm Peroxide ( as H2O2)

evapn. residue

≤0.001%

color

APHA: ≤10

refractive index

n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)

bp

34.6 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOCC

InChI

1S/C4H10O/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3

InChI key

RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Diethyl ether is a versatile organic solvent used in the fields of diesel engines, agriculture, food, chemical, biological, pharmaceutical, and medical industries.
Our premium ACS solvents are ideal for routine chemical synthesis, drying, purification, and critical labware cleaning. They meet or exceed the rigorous standards of the American Chemical Society (ACS), ensuring high-quality results for your research needs.

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Replicable and Publishable Results: Designed for consistency, our solvents deliver results that can be reliably reproduced, making them ideal for research that requires publication.

Versatile Applications: Suitable for routine chemical synthesis, drying, purification, and critical labware cleaning, our solvents cater to a wide range of research needs in the laboratory.

Application

Diethyl ether can be used as a solvent in the:
  • Ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone to synthesize polycaprolactone.
  • Rh-catalyzed C-H allylation of amides with allyl halides to synthesize allylated amides.
  • Photochemical α-bromination of aromatic and aliphatic carbonyl compounds with N-bromosuccinimide to synthesize α-brominated ketones.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 3 - Flam. Liq. 1 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

supp_hazards

EUH019,EUH066

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

-40.0 °F

flash_point_c

-40 °C

Regulatory Information

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Nema Hafezi et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(30), 12861-12868 (2012-07-13)
A dynamic covalent library of interconverting imine constituents, dissolved in an acetonitrile/water mixture, undergoes constitutional reorganization upon phase separation induced by a physical stimulus (heat) or a chemical effector (inorganic salt, carbohydrate, organic solvent). The process has been made reversible
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Organic letters, 14(16), 4290-4292 (2012-08-09)
A highly efficient total synthesis of the 11-membered cyclic aspercyclides A (1) and B (2) has been achieved by chemo- and regioselective intramolecular oxidative C-O bond formation from differently substituted diphenols.
Ether-directed ortho-C-H olefination with a palladium(II)/monoprotected amino acid catalyst.
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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(4), 1245-1247 (2012-12-15)
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346136-250ML04061837565892
346136-12X100ML04061837565885
346136-1L04061826760956
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