1. Gwema ukuxhumana ne-oxidants, ama-acid kanye ne-alkalis. Kuwuketshezi oluvuthayo, ngakho-ke sicela unake umthombo womlilo. Akulonakane ne-Copper, insimbi emnene, insimbi engagqwali noma i-aluminium.
2. Izakhiwo zamakhemikhali: ezinzile ezizinzile, i-alkali ingasheshisa i-hydrolysis yayo, i-acid ayinamthelela ku-hydrolysis. Lapho ebukhona be-oxides yensimbi, i-silica gel, futhi yasebenza ikhabhoni, ibophela ngo-200 ° C ukukhiqiza ikhabhoni diokside ne-ethylene oxide. Lapho iphendula nge-phenol, i-carboxylic acid kanye ne-anine, β-hydroxyethyl ether, β-hydroxyethyl ester kanye β-hydroxyethyl urethethane. Bilisa nge-alkali ukukhiqiza i-carbonate. I-Ethylene Glycol Carbonate ifudunyezwa ekushiseni okuphezulu nge-Alkali njengo-Catalyst ukukhiqiza i-polyethylene oxide. Ngaphansi kwesenzo se-sodium methoxide, kwakhiqizwa i-sodium monomethyl carbonate. Gcizelela i-Ethylene Glycol Carbonate e-Hydrobromromic acid ehlanganisiwe, uyishise ngo-100 ° C amahora ambalwa eshubhu elivaliwe, bese uyibola ibe yi-carbon dioxide nase-ethylene bromide.
3. Ikhona kugesi ye-flue.