Highly flammable. Ethers tend to form unstable peroxides when exposed to oxygen. Ethyl, isobutyl, ethyl tert-butyl, and ethyl tert-pentyl ether are particularly hazardous in this respect. Ether peroxides can sometimes be observed as clear crystals deposited on containers or along the surface of the liquid. Water soluble.
TERT-BUTYL GLYCIDYL ETHER, an ether, can act as a base. They form salts with strong acids and addition complexes with Lewis acids. The complex between diethyl ether and boron trifluoride is an example. Ethers may react violently with strong oxidizing agents. In other reactions, which typically involve the breaking of the carbon-oxygen bond, ethers are relatively inert.
TERT-BUTYL GLYCIDYL ETHER is combustible.
Flammability and Explosibility
Flammable
Suspected carcinogen.
Moderately toxic by ingestion. Mutation data
reported. When heated to decomposition it
emits acrid smoke and irritating vapors.
