What are the Properties of Ether?
Di-methyl ether and ethyl-methyl ether are gases at room temperature. Rests all are liquids with pleasant order. b) Lower ethers are volatile and highly flammable. c) Boiling point follow the trend of alkane, alkene etc. d) Boiling point is lower than the corresponding alcohol due to lack of hydrogen bonding. e) Ethers are slightly soluble in water. Ether can form hydrogen bonding with water as well as with other compounds which contain a hydrogen atom attached to N, O, F atom. f) Ethers are very good organic solvents. g) Chemically ether reacts with concentrated HI and HBr to give alcohol and alkyl halide. The concentration of acid should be proper, because excess of acid will react with alcohol and form alkyl halide. h) Ether can be oxidized to peroxides. i) In general ethers highly nonreactive compounds.
