The perfect family photo of the glymes! The tallest member is pentaglyme (CH₃O(CH₂CH₂O)₅CH₃) with 5 oxygen atoms, followed by tetraglyme with 4, triglyme with 3, and the little one is diglyme with just 2 oxygen atoms. Organic chemists know these ethers are part of the same homologous series, getting progressively shorter as you go down. They're like the chemical version of a Russian nesting doll set! The beauty is that each "child" is literally just a smaller version of its "parent" - something you can't say about most families at Thanksgiving dinner.
Welcome To Glyme's Family
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