18.2 Preparing Ethers (source code)

= 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.

https://openstax.org/books/organic-chemistry/pages/18-2-preparing-ethers