This compound is heated with sulfuric acid to produce diethyl ether.
This compound is heated with sulfuric acid to produce diethyl ether. Because ADH has a higher affinity for it than methanol, it is used to treat methanol poisoning. Found in below -40 degree Celcius thermometers, and as solvents in perfumes, paints, varnishes, explosives, and glues, it is produced by the enzyme zymase, which changes glucose to it, releasing carbon dioxide. Mixed with gasoline to form gasohol, it is made industrially from waste sulfite liquor, or by hydration of ethene. For ten points, name this product of fermentation, a grain alcohol with formula C2H5-OH.
This compound is heated with sulfuric acid to produce diethyl ether.
ethanol; or ethyl alcohol