Ethyl ether

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 74.1216
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RTZKZFJDLAIYFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 60-29-7
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• Other names: Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis-; Anaesthetic ether; Anesthesia ether; Anesthetic ether; Diethyl ether; Diethyl oxide; Ethoxyethane; Pronarcol; Solvent ether; 1,1'-Oxybisethane; (C2H5)2O; Aether; Diaethylaether; Dwuetylowy eter; Etere etilico; Ether ethylique; Ether, ethyl; Ethyl ether, tech.; Ethyl oxide; Oxyde d'ethyle; Rcra waste number U117; UN 1155; 3-Oxapentane; Ether; Ethyl ether anhydrous A.C.S.; Sulfuric ether; NSC 100036
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
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Pihlaja and Heikkila, 1968
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Grove and Walden, 1965
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Lecat, 1947
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Beggerow and Harteck, 1944
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Albright, 1937
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Wojciechowski, 1936
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Trew and Spencer, 1931
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