JEE Main Chemistry question

Diethyl ether may behave as

(A)A Lewis acid
(B)A Lewis baseCorrect
(C)An oxidising agent
(D)A reducing agent

Answer: (B)

Solution

The ether oxygen bears two lone pairs of electrons that it can donate to an electron-deficient species (e.g. to or to a Grignard reagent's magnesium), which is the defining

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