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🔬 Two ethyl group 🧪 With two ethyl groups
diethyl

diethyl

1 7.7
A chemical group made of two ethyl groups attached to a molecule
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪˌɛθəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : grupo dietilo
  • First, you know that phenyl acetate is soluble in diethyl ether and that diethyl ether is insoluble in water.
  • diethyl toluamide
  • diethyl phthalate

Examples

  • DEET, a popular insect repellent, contains the chemical group diethyl in its formula.

  • Use a product containing N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET).

    Academic text (2011)

  • The laboratory synthesized a new compound that includes diethyl bonds for improved stability.

  • Chemists often study diethyl compounds to understand their reactivity and applications.

Compounds

diethyl ether
  • Archaic
8.6

A clear, very flammable liquid once used to make people sleep during surgery and to dissolve chemicals

Surface Forms

diethyl singular
diethylenes plural

Morphology

diethyl = ethyl (semi-transparent) = di + ethyl

The noun denotes 'two ethyl groups' and follows the regular chemical naming pattern, but comprehension depends on knowledge of the technical term 'ethyl'.

Etymology

Diethyl as a noun comes from the parts di- 'two' and ethyl, where ethyl is the common name for a two-carbon group (as in ethyl alcohol), so a diethyl group is simply two ethyl parts attached to a molecule.