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.

Figure 1. Diethyl ether contains two alkyl groups, in this case, both are ethyl groups. You can replace hydrogen atoms on the alkyl groups and the chemical is still part of the ether class. Hence, the ...

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

Letter Published: 08 June 1946 Mechanism of Formation of Ether, Using the Heavy Oxygen Isotope 18 O as a Tracer Element T. LAUDER & J. H. GREEN Nature 157, 767–768 (1946) Cite this article ...