ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chapter 2 o An ether is a substance that has two organic residues bonded to the same oxygen atom The organic residues may be alkyl, aryl, or vinylic, and the oxygen atom can be part of either an open chain or aring R-O-R RR+H R=R, alkyl, aryl, vinyl CH? CH,-o-CH, CH3 O-CH3 H2C—CH Diehtyl ether Anisole Ethylene oxide Tetrahydrofuran 乙醚 methyl phenyl ether)环氧乙烷 THF 茴香醚 四氢呋喃 Department of Chemistry, Xiamen UniversityORGANIC CHEMISTRY Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University Chapter 2 An ether is a substance that has two organic residues bonded to the same oxygen atom. The organic residues may be alkyl, aryl, or vinylic, and the oxygen atom can be part of either an open chain or a ring. R O R' R,R' = H R' = R, alkyl, aryl, vinyl CH3CH2 O CH2CH3 O CH3 H2C CH2 O O Diehtyl ether 乙醚 Anisole (methyl phenyl ether) 茴香醚 Ethylene oxide 环氧乙烷 Tetrahydrofuran (THF) 四氢呋喃