3118. Diethylene Glycol Diethyl Ether

Nomenclature

CAS number: 112-36-7
1,1′-Oxybis[2-ethoxyethane]; Diethyl Carbitol (Union Carbide).
C8H18O3; mol wt 162.23.
C 59.23%, H 11.18%, O 29.59%.

Description and references

Toxicity data: H. F. Smyth et al., J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 23, 259 (1941).

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid. d420 0.907. bp 188°. Very sol in water, alcohol, and other organic solvents. LD50 orally in rats: 4.97 g/kg (Smyth).

Use

Solvent; high boiling reaction medium.