Since it seemed desirable to determine the activity of basic alkoxyalkyl ethersa of diphenylacetic acid as antispasmodics, we prepared the diphenylacetates of the following six alcohols: 2-(2'-diethylaminoethoxy)-ethanol (I), l-dimethylamino-3-methoxy-2- propanol(11), 2-diethylamino-3-methoxypropanol (1111, 2-methoxy-3-diethylaminopropanol (IV), 1, 3-dimethoxy-4-diethylamino-