chapter 1 Introduction / chapter 2 Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates / chapter 3 Blending Properties of MTBE and Other Oxygenates in Gasoline / chapter 4 Zeolites as Catalysts for Ether Synthesis / chapter 5 Fluorinated Zeolite-Based Catalysts / chapter 6 Heteropolyacids as Catalysts for MTBE Synthesis -- chapter 7 Ethanol-Based Oxygenates from Biomass / chapter 8 Catalytic Distillation Technology Applied to Ether Production / chapter 9 Commercial Production of Ethers / chapter 10 Kinetics of teritary-Alkyl Ether Synthesis -- chapter 11 Thermodynamics of Ether Production -- chapter 12 Air Control Technologies for MTBE: Bioremediation Aspects of MTBE / chapter 13 MTBE Removal by Air Stripping and Advanced Oxidation Processes / chapter 14 Adsorption Process for the Removal of MTBE from Drinking Water / chapter 15 Impact of MTBE Phaseout on the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries.