The general structure of an ether. R and R' represent most organyl substituents. In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group—a single oxygen atom bonded to two separate carbon atoms, each part of an organyl group (e.g., alkyl or aryl). More @Wikipedia
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