Reactivity Documentation
Ethers |
| mixed with |
Metals, Alkali, Very Active |
Summary
- Corrosive: Reaction products may be corrosive
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
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May produce the following gases:
- Alcohols
- Hydrocarbons
Details
Ethers
is a reactive group.
Metals, Alkali, Very Active
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Ethers
mixed with
Metals, Alkali, Very Active
Metals, Alkali, Very Active
Hazard Predictions
- Corrosive: Reaction products may be corrosive
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
Aromatic ethers are reduced by alkali metals to highly basic and corrosive alkoxides and metal aryls. Reactive radical intermediates are formed during this reaction. In the presence of proton donors, flammable alkanes and alcohols are produced (P. A. Sartoretto and F. J. Sowa, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, p. 603-606; T. Shindo, Y. Fukuyama, T. Sugai. Synthesis, 2004, No. 5, p 692-700; U. Azzena, T. Denurra, G. Melloni, G. Rassu, Chem. Comm. 1987, p. 1549).
At room temperature, alkyl ethers are not attacked by alkali metals (Sakuth, M., et al. 2010. Ethers, Aliphatic. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Online)).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Alcohols
- Hydrocarbons
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