Ethyl tert-butyl ether

Ethyl tert-butyl ether is a chemical compound made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It is an ether, a chemical where two carbon atoms are connected by bonds to one oxygen atom. It is also known by the acronym ETBE.

ETBE is an oxygenate, a chemical added to gasoline and other fuels that helps improve combustion. It replaced the similar methyl tert-butyl ether because of environmental concerns in the 1990s.^[1] It overtook MTBE as the most produced ether-based oxygenate in the European Union as of 2005.^[2] ETBE can be made from bio-based ethanol, so it is of interest in biofuel production.^[3]

References

↑ Yee, Kian Fei; Mohamed, Abdul Rahman; Tan, Soon Huat (2013). "A review on the evolution of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and its future prospects". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 22: 604–620. Bibcode:2013RSERv..22..604Y. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.016.
↑ Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment (PDF) (Report). Brussels: Concawe. June 2012.
↑ Japan Focuses on Next Generation Biofuels (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Agriculture. 2012-06-29.

[1] Yee, Kian Fei; Mohamed, Abdul Rahman; Tan, Soon Huat (2013). "A review on the evolution of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and its future prospects". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 22: 604–620. Bibcode:2013RSERv..22..604Y. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.02.016.

[2] Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment (PDF) (Report). Brussels: Concawe. June 2012.

[3] Japan Focuses on Next Generation Biofuels (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Agriculture. 2012-06-29.

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