CHEBI:172390 - glycol ether

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ChEBI Name glycol ether ChEBI ID CHEBI:172390 Definition A hydroxyether which contains both an ether and alcohol functional groups. It is one of the most versatile classes of organic solvents which are commonly used in paints, cleaners, adhesives, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Wikipedia License Read full article at Wikipedia Roles Classification Chemical Role(s): protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. Application(s): protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) has functional parent glycol (CHEBI:13643) glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) has role protic solvent (CHEBI:48356) glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) is a hydroxyether (CHEBI:46789) Incoming 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol (CHEBI:44836) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) 2-butoxyethanol (CHEBI:63921) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) 2-ethoxyethanol (CHEBI:46788) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) 2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) 2-phenoxyethanol (CHEBI:64275) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (CHEBI:40572) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390) Synonym Source glycol ethers ChEBI Manual Xref Database Glycol_ethers Wikipedia View more database links Citations Types Sources 28650840 PubMed citation Europe PMC 29536623 PubMed citation Europe PMC 30471335 PubMed citation Europe PMC 31518935 PubMed citation Europe PMC 32172156 PubMed citation Europe PMC Last Modified 06 May 2021