Reactivity Documentation
Ethers |
mixed with |
Reducing Agents, Strong |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
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May produce the following gases:
- Hydrogen
- Hydrocarbons
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Reducing Agents, Strong
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
Ethers, including dioxane, form impact-sensitive mixtures with decaborane (MCA Safety Datasheet 84, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington, 1961; Shore, G. 1986. Chemical Abstracts 105:202122).
Peroxidized diethyl ether forms an explosive mixture with sulfur (Taylor, H.F. 1955. Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry 79:43.). Ether peroxide formation accident histories, safe handling, storage, and disposal can be found in the following papers: Jackson, H. L., at al., J. Chem. Educ., 1970, 47, A175; Davies, A. G., J. R. Inst. Chem., 1956, 80, 386-389; Dasler, W. A., et al., Ind. Eng. Chem.., 1946, 18, 52; Hazardous 365betÓéÀÖ: Information and Disposal Guide, 1984, 87, 91, 98, 265.
Ethers may be cracked into flammable low molecular weight hydrocarbon and/ or H2 gases by inorganic reducing agents (Predicted, citation needed).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Hydrocarbons
- Hydrogen (H2)