Epoxy

Example of an epoxide, 2,3-epoxyhexane

In organic chemistry, an epoxide is a cyclic ether formed by an oxygen atom bonded to two carbon atoms, which in turn are bonded together by a single covalent bond.

Epoxides are generally liquid, colorless, soluble in alcohol, ether and benzene.

They are named by putting the prefix “epoxy-” before the hydrocarbon with the same number of carbon atoms and indicating the carbons that are attached to oxygen with numbers separated by commas, and, at the same time, these are separated by a suffix hyphen.