Reactivity Documentation
Ethers |
mixed with |
Acids, Strong Oxidizing |
Summary
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Ethers
Hazard Predictions
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Diethyl ether explodes on contact with permanganic acid (Fire and Explosion Risks, von Schwartz, E., London, Griffin, 1918, p. 327), peroxodisulfuric acid (D'Ans, J. et al. 1919. Berichte. 43:1880; 1911. Z. Anorg. Chem. pp. 73.), a mixture of HNO3 and H2SO4 (Van Alphen, J. 1930. Rec. Trav. Chim. pp. 492-500.), and may react explosively with perchloric acid (Michael, A.T. et al. 1900. American Chemical Journal 23:444.).
Reaction of diethyl ether and HNO3 may accelerate to explosion (Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, London, Wiley-Interscience, 2nd Edition, 1965, Vol. 8, p. 479).
Combination of nitric and perchloric acids in hot dioxane may form explosive diethylene glycol nitrate (Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA. Vol. 1, p. 1251).
Dioxane and SO3 form an unstable complex that may decompose violently at room temperature (Sisler, H.H. et al. 1947. Inorganic Synthetics 2:174.).
Using perchloric acid in ether as a solvent for Diels-Alder reactions may cause explosions (Urben, P.G. 1991. Chemtech (May) p. 259.).
Dimethyl ether forms water-soluble and toxic dimethylsulfoxide with SO3 (Muller, M., U. Hubsch. 2002. Dimethyl Ether. In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (Online)).