what are ethers
Ethers. Ethers are organic compounds in which an oxygen atom is connected to two carbon groups. Unlike alcohols, ethers are fairly unreactive (except towards combustion). They are very common organic solvents, and some ethers also make good anesthetics.imple ethers are named by naming the alkyl groups in alphabetical order and adding the word ether to the end. In more complicated ethers, the ether group is named as an alkoxy substituent, in which the yl ending of alkyl groups is replaced by oxy..