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Reactivity Documentation

Ethers

mixed with

Halogenating Agents

Summary

Details

Ethers is a reactive group.
Halogenating Agents is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Ethers mixed with
Halogenating Agents

Hazard Predictions

Diethyl ether explodes or ignites on contact with BrF3 (Sharpe, A.G. et al. 1948. Journal of the Chemical Society 2136), BrF5 (Mellor, J.W. 1956. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd. Volume 2, Supplemental 1. pp. 172), or ClF3 (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 1614).

Tetrahydrofuran (reaction may be light-promoted) (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 114) and diethyl ether react violently with bromine (Urben 110); if the bromine is impure, diethyl ether may ignite (University Safety Association. 1989. Safety Digest 34:14).

Diethyl ether ignites on contact with IF7 (Booth, H.S. et al. 1947. Chemical Reviews 41:428), or with chlorine if light is present (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1298).

Chloromethyl ethyl ether liberates toxic HCl gas upon exposure to benzene (Walker, F. J., Formaldehyde. New York: ACS Monograph Series, 1964, pp. 279) It is likely that other halogenated ethers would produce analogous HX gases (Predicted by comparison to similar reactions, citation needed).

Potential Gas Byproducts