Is the ether group hydrophilic or hydrophobic?

A series of six surfactants, each with two ether oxygens within otherwise all-hydrocarbon chains, were synthesized and examined for their colloidal properties. Since an ether oxygen is sterically and conformationally similar to the methylene group it has replaced, the ether effect on micellization s...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 21(2005), 7 vom: 29. März, Seite 2689-95
Auteur principal: Menger, Fredric M (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Chlebowski, Mary E
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2005
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Ethers Surface-Active Agents