You really don't want ether sitting around with oxygen in the can (Figure 2). Photo credit: Sigma-Aldrich. Figure 2. (Left) A new can of ether and one that has been opened. Note the date written on ...

IN the hope of trapping the radicals probably produced during the photolysis of diethyl peroxide, the vapour of the latter was mixed with a several-fold excess of nitric oxide in a 3-litre ...

HCl < HBr < HI. For aromatic ethers: ... In case of aromatic ether, reaction with HI results in the cleavage of R−O bond due to the stability of aryl-oxygen ... • Diethyl ether is used as an ...