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[[Image: | [[Image:Simple ethers.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Simple ethers.jpg/credit|{{Simple ethers.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Two alkylethers.]] | ||
An '''ether''' is a chemical compound in which two hydrocarbons are joined together by an intervening oxygen atom. Ethers, particularly [[diethyl ether]], often called simply ether, and [[tetrahydrofuran]] (THF) are common solvents for organic chemistry reactions. Diethyl ether was one of the first anaesthetic agents. Many ethers are extremely flammable, and thus use of diethyl ether in the operating room, in the presence of high oxygen levels, in no longer used. | An '''ether''' is a chemical compound in which two hydrocarbons are joined together by an intervening oxygen atom. Ethers, particularly [[diethyl ether]], often called simply ether, and [[tetrahydrofuran]] (THF) are common solvents for organic chemistry reactions. Diethyl ether was one of the first anaesthetic agents. Many ethers are extremely flammable, and thus use of diethyl ether in the operating room, in the presence of high oxygen levels, in no longer used. | ||
== cyclic ethers== | |||
[[Image:Tetrahydrofuran DEVolk.jpg|right|thumb|200px|{{#ifexist:Template:Tetrahydrofuran DEVolk.jpg/credit|{{Tetrahydrofuran DEVolk.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}}Furan, a cyclic ether.]] | |||
Revision as of 11:21, 9 January 2008
An ether is a chemical compound in which two hydrocarbons are joined together by an intervening oxygen atom. Ethers, particularly diethyl ether, often called simply ether, and tetrahydrofuran (THF) are common solvents for organic chemistry reactions. Diethyl ether was one of the first anaesthetic agents. Many ethers are extremely flammable, and thus use of diethyl ether in the operating room, in the presence of high oxygen levels, in no longer used.
