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Is Diethyl ether a petroleum solvent/byproduct?

April 26, 2017byproduct Chemistry diethyl ether Mathematics Petroleum solvent

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Is Diethyl ether a petroleum solvent/byproduct?

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I believe diethyl ether is still manufactured by the reaction of ethanol with sulfuric acid. Petroleum ether (which is not an ether at all) is a byproduct of petroleum refining. Petroleum ether is a hydrocarbon fraction.