Diethyl ether is mostly used in solvent extraction due to the followin

1.	Diethyl ether is mostly used in solvent extraction due to the following reasons
Answer» Its solvastion CAPACITY is very high Being inert, it does not react with most of the organic COMPOUNDS There are two lone pairs in it, therefore, it ACTS as a strong nucleophile Its BOILING point is low therefore, it can be easily separated by distillation Solution :(A) Its solvation capacity is very high (B) Being inert, it does not react with most of the organic compounds (D) Its boiling point is low therefore, it can be easily separated by distillation.

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