Question

Diethyl ether is mostly used in solvent extraction due to all of the following reasons except:

• A. Its solvation capacity is very high
• B. being inert, it does not react with most organic compound
• C. there are two lone pairs in it, therefore it acts as a strong nucleophile
• D. its boiling point is low, therefore, it can be easily separated by distillation

Answer 1

The correct option is C there are two lone pairs in it, therefore it acts as a strong nucleophile

$C_2{H}_{5}O{C}_2{H}_5$
There are two lone pairs in it but being inert, it does not react with most organic compound.