Ether

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

Primary, secondary, and tertiary ethers

The terms "primary ether", "secondary ether", and "tertiary ether" are occasionally used and refer to the carbon atom next to the ether oxygen. In a primary ether this carbon is connected to only one other carbon as in diethyl ether CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3. An example of a secondary ether is diisopropyl ether (CH3)2CH-O-CH(CH3)2 and that of a tertiary ether is di-tert-butyl ether (CH3)3C-O-C(CH3)3.

Related Topics:
Diethyl ether - Diisopropyl ether - Di-tert-butyl ether

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Dimethyl ether, a primary, a secondary, and a tertiary ether.

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