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Reactivity Documentation

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active

mixed with

Ethers

Summary

Details

Ethers is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Ethers mixed with
Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active

Hazard Predictions

Dioxane reacts explosively with Raney Ni at 210C (Mozingo, R. 1955. Organic Synthetics 3:182).

Aluminum powder can abstract the oxygen atom from diethyl ether, even at very low temperatures. Reactive hydrocarbon radicals may be produced during this process (Murdock, T. O., Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. N. Dakota, 1977).

Diethyl ether is used to dissolve magnesium metal for preparation of Grignard reagents. The lone pairs in ether stabilize the metal, and do not react with the atom (Loudon, Marc. 2002. Organic Chemistry. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 334-336).