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PROCESS FOR MAKING ETHERS FROM ALKOXIDE ANIONS OR PRECURSORS OF ALKOXIDE ANIONS

  • US 20100280277A1
  • Filed: 09/22/2008
  • Published: 11/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of making an ether, comprising the steps of:

  • a) reacting an alcohol with at least a 20 molar percent stoichiometric excess of a water-soluble hygroscopic base to form an intermediate product mixture comprising an alkoxide anion, remaining alcohol, and excess base; and

    b) in the presence of the excess base and remaining alcohol, adding a hydrocarbyl halide to the intermediate product mixture and reacting the alkoxide anion with the hydrocarbyl halide to form a product mixture comprising an ether.

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