Dimethyl ether (DME), a colorless gas, is the simplest aliphatic ether. Also called methyl ether, it is currently produced by dehydrating methanol; but researchers have an eye on it for sustainable ...

A team of researchers at the Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands recently published the first detection of dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Dimethyl ether is the ...

(CN) — For the first time ever, researchers have found dimethyl ether — a grandfather molecule to some essential life building blocks in the universe — in a planet-forming disk over 400 light years ...

Crown ethers, first synthesized by Dr. Charles Pedersen (Du Pont, USA) in 1962, were the first artificial macrocyclic host molecules*1. They can capture metal ions in their cavity through coordination ...

Scientists have discovered a way to dramatically increase the selectivity and binding strength of crown ethers by incorporating them within a rigid framework of graphene. Strong, specific ...

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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc. With nine atoms, this is the largest ...