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Sometimes explosion may occur while distilling ether. It may be due to the presence of

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Ether froms peroxide with oxygen (or air ) . The boiling point of the proxide is than that of ether. Therefore, during distillation, proxide remains in the flask. As it is unstable because of peroxide linkage, it decomposes violently upon heating.
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