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Ether


 

: This article is about ether as a general class of chemical compounds. For other meanings, see Ether (disambiguation)

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Ether is the general name for a class of chemical compounds which contain an ether group — an oxygen atom connected to two (substituted) alkyl groups. A typical example is the solvent diethyl ether (ethoxyethane, CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3).

Related Topics:
Chemical compound - Group - Oxygen - Atom - Alkyl - Solvent - Diethyl ether

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