**Statement 1:** Ethers have low dipole moments and sp^3 hybridised oxygen atom. **Statement 2:** Ethers behave as Lewis bases.

JEE Main Chemistry question

**Statement 1:** Ethers have low dipole moments and sp hybridised oxygen atom. **Statement 2:** Ethers behave as Lewis bases.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are independently true: ethers do have a small net dipole moment with an sp, bent oxygen, and ethers do behave as Lewis bases (donating a lone pair to Lewis acids, forming etherates). However, the Lewis-base behaviour (a

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