Epoxide, a cyclic ether, can be used to obtain important alcohols, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional polymers. This transformation is facilitated by the reductive ring opening of epoxide.

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 ...

Overview. Peroxide-forming chemicals are a class of compounds that have the ability to form shock-sensitive explosive peroxide crystals. Many of the organic solvents commonly used in Connecticut ...

THIS communication gives a preliminary report on the investigation of the mechanism of formation of diethyl ether by interaction of diethyl sulphate and ethyl alcohol, using the heavy oxygen ...

This image shows the epoxide-opening cyclic ether formation catalyzed by Lsd19. The disfavored 6-endo-tet reaction is highlighted in red.