benefits of ether compounds

1. General ether compounds formula

Ether or alkoxy alkanes is a class of compounds having two alkyl groups attached to an oxygen atom. Thus ethers having the general formula: R-O-R and R1adalah R1dimana alkyl group, may not be the same

Example:

CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3

R = R1 (ether homogeneous)

CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3

R-R1 (ether compound)

2. Ether Naming

There are two ways of naming ether compounds, namely:

1) According to IUPAC, ether alkananya is named with the prefix "alkoxy" with the following conditions:

- The shortest carbon chains that bind-O-functional groups designated as alkoksinya functional groups.

- The longer the carbon chain named after the compound alkananya

2) According to the rules of the trivial, the naming ether as follows: the name of the second
flanking alkyl-O-group then given akiran ether.
 

Formula Ether Structure IUPAC name Trivial name

CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3 ethoxy ethane Diethyl ether / ethyl ethyl ether

CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3 propane Methoxy Methyl propyl ether

CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH2-CH3 propane ethoxy ethyl propyl ether

3. Properties of Ether

In contrast to compounds alcohols, ethers have the following properties:

1) low boiling point so volatile

2) It is difficult soluble in water, because of the low polarity

3) As a good solvent organic compounds are not soluble in water

4) Flammable

5) In general are toxic

6) As anesthetic (anesthetize)

7) Ether difficult to react, except with a strong acid halide (HI and H Br)

4. Benefits of Ether

Ether compounds commonly used in everyday life i.e:

1) Diethyl ether (ethoxy ethane) are commonly used as a solvent for organic compounds.

Addition of diethyl ether is widely used as an astringent arestesi (drug) in the hospital.

2) MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether), the ether compound used to increase the octane number of gasoline replaced the TEL / TML, in order to obtain an environmentally friendly gasoline. Because it does not produce dust lead (Pb 2 +) when used as TEL / TML