JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryAlcohols, Phenols and EthersJEE Main

Ethers are very good solvents for which type of compounds?

Answer: (C)

Solution

The ether oxygen's lone pairs make it a Lewis base, well suited to solvating and stabilising electron-deficient Lewis acids

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