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Apr082012

Dimethoxyethane

"Dimethoxyethane, also known as glymemonoglymedimethyl glycolethylene glycol dimethyl etherdimethyl cellosolve, and DME, is a clear, colorless, aprotic, and liquid ether that is used as a solvent. Dimethoxyethane is miscible with water."

"Dimethoxyethane is often used as a higher boiling alternative to diethyl ether and THF. Dimethoxyethane forms chelate complexes with cations and acts as a bidentate ligand. It is therefore often used in organometallic chemistry like Grignard reactionshydride reductions, and palladium-catalyzed reactionslike Suzuki reactions and Stille coupling. Dimethoxyethane is also a good solvent for oligo- and polysaccharides."

"The lowest energy form of dimethoxyethane in the gas phase is the gauche, rather than the anti conformer."

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