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Protic and aprotic solvents are very similar as solvents for their
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a
Ability to stabtlize cations by H-bonding
b
Dielectric constant and polarity
c
Ability to stabllize anions by H-bonding
d
Ability to stabilize cations with unshared pairs of electrons.
answer is A.
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Aprotic solvents are those solvents whose molecules do not have a hydrogen atom that is attached to an atom of an electronegative element.Several examples of aprotic solventsAll of these solvents dissolve ionic compound and they solvate cations very well. They do show in the same way that protic solvents solvate cations: by orienting their negative ends around the cation and by donating unshared electron pairs to vacantorbitals of the cation.However, because they cannot form hydrogen bonds and because their positive centers are well sheilded by steric effects from any interaction with anions, aprotic solvents do not solvate anions to any appreciable extent.Solvent's polarity is also decided by the dielectric constant. Since no polarity is being given, protic and aprotic solvents are very similar as solvents in dielectric constant.
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