Ethers, properties/recovery

For adequate reaction rates, a high concentration of iodide anion is necessary. The cation portion of the salt appears to have little or no effect on catalytic activity or reaction selectivity. Inorganic iodides (such as potassium iodide) are the obvious first choice based on availability and cost. Unfortunately these catalysts have very poor solubility in the reaction mixture without added solubilizers or polar, aprotic solvents. These solubilizers (e.g., crown ethers) and solvents are not compatible with the desired catalyst recovery system using an alkane solvent. Quaternary onium iodides however combine the best properties of solubility and reactivity. 

Because of its slow induction and recovery, irritant property and other disadvantages ether is rarely used these days and may be occasionally used as a supplement to nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture in children. 

The term oil and grease refers to a broad class of organic substances recovered from the sample matrices by extraction with an appropriate solvent. Such recovery, therefore, is characteristic of certain physical properties of the compounds, primarily the volatility of the compounds and their solubility in the extraction solvent. The solvent must be immiscible in water and volatile, as well as readily distilled on a water bath. Many solvents or mixed-solvent systems should be suitable for the extraction of oil and grease in aqueous and nonaqueous samples. These include petroleum ether, w-hexanc, methylene chloride, methyl ter/-butyl ether, and trichlorotrifhroroethan (freon). These solvents are listed in Table 1. 

Physical properties are related to ester-segment structure and concentration in thermoplastic polyether-ester elastomers prepared hy melt transesterification of poly(tetra-methylene ether) glycol with various diols and aromatic diesters. Diols used were 1,4-benzenedimethanol, 1,4-cyclo-hexanedimethanol, and the linear, aliphatic a,m-diols from ethylene glycol to 1,10-decane-diol. Esters used were terephthalate, isophthalate, 4,4 -biphenyldicarboxylate, 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate, and m-terphenyl-4,4"-dicarboxyl-ate. Ester-segment structure was found to affect many copolymer properties including ease of synthesis, molecular weight obtained, crystallization rate, elastic recovery, and tensile and tear strengths. 

Properties Clear, colorless oil fruity odor and taste. D 0.87 bp 187C. Soluble in alcohol, chloroform, and ether insoluble in water. Combustible. Derivation By heating enanthic acid and ethanol in the presence of sulfuric acid and subsequent recovery by distillation. 

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