The commonly-used solvent THF is a cyclic compound of this type.
An extremely carcinogenic by-product with one of these functional groups is produced in the Blanc chloromethylation reaction. Another compound with exactly one of these functional groups donates the formyl group in the Rieche formylation. The Quelet reaction involves one of these compounds derived from a phenol and an aliphatic aldehyde to create an alpha-chloroalkyl compound. In a variant of the Ullmann coupling reaction, a phenol and an alkyl halide react in the presence of copper to form one of these compounds. An enol and a (*) "silyl" variety of one of these functional groups acts as a nucleophile in the Mukaiyama aldol addition.The commonly-used solvent THF is a cyclic compound of this type. In the best-known reaction forming these compounds, an alkyl halide undergoes an SN2 reaction with an alkoxide. For 10 points, name this functional group produced in the Williamson synthesis, consisting of an alkyl group single bonded to two alkyl or aryl groups.
An extremely carcinogenic by-product with one of these functional groups is produced in the Blanc chloromethylation reaction.
ether