tert-Amyl ethyl ether

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| Name = tert-Amyl ethyl ether

| ImageFile = Tert-amyl ethyl ether.svg

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| PIN = 2-Ethoxy-2-methylbutane

| OtherNames = Ethyl tert-amyl ether

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| CASNo = 919-94-8

| ChemSpiderID = 12939

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| UNII = 529VD83WPK

| PubChem = 13527

| EC_number = 618-804-0

| SMILES = CCC(C)(C)OCC

| InChI=1S/C7H16O/c1-5-7(3,4)8-6-2/h5-6H2,1-4H3

| InChIKey=KFRVYYGHSPLXSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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| C=7|H=16|O=1

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| Density = 0.764-0.768 g/mL{{Cite web | url = https://www.tcichemicals.com/eshop/en/us/commodity/A1673 | title = tert-Amyl Ethyl Ether | publisher = TCI America }}

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| BoilingPtC = 102

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tert-Amyl ethyl ether (TAEE) is a chemical compound, classified as an ether, with the molecular formula C₇H₁₆O. It is used as an additive in gasoline fuels as an oxygenate{{Cite web | url = https://www.iea-amf.org/content/fuel_information/ethanol/ethers | title = Fuel ethers for gasoline | publisher = Technology Collaboration Programme on Advanced Motor Fuels }} and also as a solvent in organic chemistry.

TAEE is prepared by acid-catalyzed addition of ethanol to 2-methyl-2-butene.{{Cite journal | title = Simultaneous Production of tert-Amyl Ethyl Ether and tert-Amyl Alcohol from Isoamylene−Ethanol−Water Mixtures in a Batch−Reactive Distillation Column | author = Dilek Varisli and Timur Dogu | journal = Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. | date = 2005 | volume = 44 | issue = 14 | pages = 5227–5232 | doi = 10.1021/ie049241w }}