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Q.

Ethers may be used as solvents because they react only with which of the following reactants?

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a

Acids

b

Bases

c

Strong bases

d

Reducing agents

answer is A.

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Ethers resist the attack of nucleophile and bases However; they are very good solvent in many organic reactions due to their ability to solvate cations by donating the electron pair from oxygen atom ethers are generally less reactive, but they  react only with acids, since hydrogen ion can attack the lone pair on oxygen.
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Ethers may be used as solvents because they react only with which of the following reactants?