1878 Chem. News 26 July 46/1Ethoxyacetonitrile..is a colourless, very mobile liquid, of a peculiar but agreeable odour and burning taste.
1909 Chem. Abstr. III. 2241p-ethoxy-phenylaminomethyl sulphites.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. vii. 114Alcohols react to give olefinic ethers which, in contrast to the olefinic alcohols from hydration are stable and do not rearrange. For example..2-Ethoxypropene.
1988 Nature 25 Aug. 659/1 Cellosolve (ethoxyethanol) is identified as an ether based on ethylene oxide and cellulose.
1922 Jrnl. Pharmacol. &Exper. Therap. XIX. 251There was no evidence of any superiority of ethoxy compounds over the corresponding hydroxy compounds.
1976 Shell in Industr. Chemicals 5The detergent alcohols are converted into sulphates or reacted with ethylene oxide—to form ethoxylates and ethoxy sulphates.
ORIGIN: from eth- + oxy- .
ethoxy-
combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from ethoxyl
: containing ethoxyl — in names of chemical compounds
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