Leroy G. Wade
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LOCATION: Walla Walla, WA, United States
Professor of Chemistry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Author of Organic Chemistry and others.
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Ether, any of a class of organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom bonded to two alkyl or aryl groups. Ethers are similar in structure to alcohols, and both ethers and alcohols are similar in structure to water. In an alcohol one hydrogen atom of a water molecule is replaced by an alkyl…
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