 18.2 Preparing Ethers

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Original textbook chapter by John McMurry, published by OpenStax. Cited opening paragraph and mechanism: sulfuric-acid-catalysed production of symmetrical ethers from primary alcohols. Used for chemical explanation, not as an 1865 official recipe.

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