Ethers are isomers of alcohols

The ethers are also an homologous series. We will only use the common compound simply called ether as a further example. It is really diethyl ether or ethoxy ethane, C2H5 O C2H5. Ether was one of the earliest inhaled anaesthetics and it has a sweet sickly smell. Diethyl ether has a low boiling point (no hydrogen bonding unlike ethanol) and is easily evaporated at room temperatures. If you leave the bottle open it will soon evaporate into a heavy vapour which is extremely flammable. Never use ether near flames or sparks because fire and explosions are possible. 

What are the alcohol structures and functional group isomers of diethyl ether, C4H10O or C2H5 O C2H5  

A rock climber become trapped by his arm in a rock fall. To save his life he amputated his own arm with a Swiss army knife without anaesthetic. 

It was William Morton, in 1846, who first noted that ether could be used as an anaesthetic for dentistry and surgery. Before that all surgery was conducted on conscious patients. Chloroform, CHCI3, was developed later and Queen Victoria gave the process of anaesthesia credence when she gave birth to a child in 1853 and suffered little or no pain. More recent inhaled anaesthetics include isofluorane , CF3 CH(C1) O CHF2. Draw its structure (hint it is also an ether). 

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CARBON, HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN 

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