diethyl ether

See also: Diethylether and diéthyléther

English

Noun

diethyl ether (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A clear, colorless, highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and chemical formula CH₃-CH₂-O-CH₂-CH₃. Used as a solvent and in the past as a general anesthetic.
   • 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments‎^[1], Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:

     Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.

Synonyms

• ether
• ethoxyethane
• ethyl ether
• ethyl oxide

Translations

diethyl ether

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙醚 (zh) (yǐmí)

• Esperanto: duetila etero
• Finnish: dietyylieetteri (fi)
• German: Diethylether (de) m
• Greek: διαιθυλαιθέρας (el) m (diaithylaithéras)
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• Italian: etere dietilico m
• Japanese: ジエチルエーテル (jiechiruēteru)
• Romanian: eter dietilic
• Spanish: dietiléter m
• Turkish: dietil eter (tr)