Halogenated ether

Structural formula of isoflurane, a typical halogenated ether. The C—O—C (carbon-oxygen-carbon) in the center is the ether group and the Cl (chlorine) and F (fluorine) are the halogen atoms, which have been substituted for all but two H (hydrogen) atoms.

A halogenated ether is a subcategory of a larger group of chemicals known as ethers. An ether is an organic chemical that contains an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two (substituted) alkyl groups. A good example of an ether is the solvent diethyl ether.[1] What differentiates a halogenated ether from other types of ethers is the substitution (halogenation) of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen atom. Halogen atoms include fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.[2]

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