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diethyl ether and ethyl ether
« on: November 13, 2012, 10:47:02 PM »
how does diethyl ether and ethyl ether have the same formula?
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Re: diethyl ether and ethyl ether
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2012, 03:59:53 AM »
"Ethyl ether" is just a shorthand notation for an ether with two identical ethyl groups on both sides of the oxygen.
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