Diethyl etherDiethyl ether, or simply ether (abbreviated as eth. or Et2O) is an organic compound with the chemical formula (CH3CH2)2O, belonging to the ether class. It is a colourless, highly volatile, sweet-smelling (termed "ethereal odour"), and extremely flammable liquid. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Diethyl ether, revision 1380035267.

Property

Value

Formula

C4H10O, 74.12 g/mol

Melting point

-116.3 °C

Boiling point

34.6 °C

Density

0.7134 g/cm³

Flash point

-45 °C

log P, measured

0.98

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