etherification
nounEtymology From ether + -ification.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum products by reacting with sulfuric acid.
- The particular kind of tritorium which facilitated the etherification of phosphoric acid, and is applicable to many other chemical operations, affords the means of practising the operation just now proposed, as follows.1809, Mr. Boullay, “On Sulphuric Ether, and on the Preparation of it”, in The Repertory Of Arts And Manufactures:
- Derived terms
- bromoetherification, thioetherification