Medicinal chemistry of Ether

Introduction : Ether belongs to the group of Anesthetics particularly General Anesthetics. Description : It still continues to be employ...

Introduction:
Ether belongs to the group of Anesthetics particularly General Anesthetics.

Description:
It still continues to be employed as an anaesthetic for producing insensitivity to pain in surgical
trauma. It has a broad spectrum of usefulness besides its acclaimed potency for very painful surgical
conditions and for being relatively benign with regard to the metabolic processes of the body.

Analysis

Ethoxyethane
Chemical Formula: C4H10O
Exact Mass: 74.07
Molecular Weight: 74.12
m/z: 74.07 (100.0%), 75.08 (4.5%)
Elemental Analysis: C, 64.82; H, 13.60; O, 21.59

Structure and Synthesis of Ether