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91238

Diethyl ether

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Ether, Ethyl ether

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2)2O
CAS Number:
60-29-7
Molecular Weight:
74.12
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329770012
EC Number:
200-467-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1696894
MDL number:
MFCD00011646

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Product Name

Diethyl ether, analytical standard

InChI key

RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

CCOCC

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

2.6 (vs air)

vapor pressure

2311 hPa ( 60 °C)

assay

≥99.9% (GC)

autoignition temp.

320 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

contains

~0.0005% 2,6-di-tert.-butyl-4-methylphenol as stabilizer

expl. lim.

36.5 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.1% water
water

refractive index

n20/D 1.3530 (lit.)
n20/D 1.353

bp

34.6 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.706 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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General description

Diethyl ether is a colorless and highly volatile organic compound, which commonly finds applications as an extraction solvent.

Other Notes

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pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - 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 - closed cup

flash_point_c

-40 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves

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Lot/Batch Number
BCCN1113
BCCM6761
BCCL7542
BCCJ3887
BCCG4582

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Diethyl Ether: Organic Compound, Flammable Liquid, Boiling Point, Solvent, Ether, General Anaesthetic, Ramon Llull, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Cellular Respiration, Cellulose Acetate, Carbureted Compression Ignition Model Engines (2010)
Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments (2016)
Ether-directed ortho-C-H olefination with a palladium(II)/monoprotected amino acid catalyst.
Gang Li et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 52(4), 1245-1247 (2012-12-15)
Tatsuya Yoshino et al.
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.
Faysal Benaskar et al.
ChemSusChem, 6(2), 353-366 (2012-11-30)
A μ(2)-process in the Ullmann-type C-O coupling of potassium phenolate and 4-chloropyridine was successfully performed in a combined microwave (MW) and microflow process. Selective MW absorption in a micro-fixed-bed reactor (μ-FBR) by using a supported Cu nanocatalyst resulted in an
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