Methyl fluoroalkyl ether can be produced by the reaction of a fluoroalkyl alcohol with chloromethane. The process involves reacting an alkoxide of a fluoroalkyl alcohol with chloromethane.
The present invention describes, inter alia, oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes comprising a fluorinated gas and a stabilizing material, uses for the oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes, and apparatus for making and delivering the oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes.