Butyl ethyl ether

Ref. 3D-FB158173

Product Information

• Name: Butyl ethyl ether
• Brand: Biosynth
• Description: Butyl ethyl ether is a low-viscosity, colorless liquid with a sweet odor. It is an ether that can be used as a solvent in the laboratory and has been used as a solid catalyst. Butyl ethyl ether is also used as a cross-linking agent for polymers and in analytical chemistry to separate organic compounds by their boiling points. The hydroxyl group of butyl ethyl ether reacts with chlorine gas to form chloroethane, which then undergoes reaction with glycol to form polychloroethane. In this reaction mechanism, the first step involves the addition of chlorine to the hydroxyl group to form chloroethane. The second step involves the addition of glycol to chloroethane to form polychloroethane.

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 102.17 g/mol
• Formula: C₆H₁₄O
• Purity: Min. 95%
• InChI: InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-3-5-6-7-4-2/h3-6H2,1-2H3
• InChI key: InChIKey=PZHIWRCQKBBTOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: CCCCOCC