I came across this while looking for an alternative :
http://www.entheogen.com/forum/showt...?t=6169&page=2
Originally Posted by Winder View Post
Since ether is somewhat difficult to obtain, purify, and/or maintain free of peroxides, I looked into what mixture of solvents might mimic ether in performance.
A mixture of 2 parts methanol (or ethanol or IPA) and 9 parts naphtha (hexane or any equivalent) will have similar properties to ether. These should mix. The nice part about such a mixed solvent system is that it can be adjusted (add more or less of one component to change the performance) and it can be manipulated. For example, add water to the alcohol/naphtha mixture and a once homogeneous solution separates with almost no alcohol left in the naphtha layer above it.
any chance of something like that replacing diethyl ether ?