Diethyl Ether Is a Good Solvent to Be Used with Grignard

question 108

Multiple Choice

Diethyl ether is a good solvent to be used with Grignard reagents. Which of the following explanations for this fact is false?

• A) It has a very high boiling so it can be heated to drive the Grignard formation to completion.
• B) It can serve as a Lewis base and stabilize the Grignard reagent.
• C) It is polar enough to stabilize the Grignard reagent.
• D) It is aprotic and thus is not acidic enough to react with the Grignard reagent.

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