Ethidene

(eth' -id-en) (cether, ether, Ethyl i dene; a bivalent radicle. E. Chlorid, or Dichlorid, a colorle , transparent, oily fluid, tasting and smelling like chloroform, with a specific gravity of 1. 1 74 at 1 70 C., and boiling at C. It is prepared from aldehyd by acting upon it with pent a chlorid of phosphorus it; is also formed as a bye-product in the preparation of chloral, and is separated by distillation and subsequent fractionation. It is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol, chloroform, ether, and oils. It is le inflammable than chloroform, but rapidly decomposes. It has been used as a general anesthetic. See Anesthetic . E. Diethyl ate. See Acetal .