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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 9 months ago
It's a bit complicated in case of ethers. Ethers have lone pair of electrons on their oxygen, which allows them to establish hydrogen bonding with water molecules. Therefore, as long as these lone pairs are sufficiently exposed, ethers are water soluble. This exposure is maximum in case of cyclic ethers, and minimal in case of aliphatic (non-cyclic ethers). Therefore, cyclic ethers tend to be water soluble; whereas, aliphatic ethers are either not soluble at all or have minimal solubility (Aliphatic ethers with up to 3-4 carbons are water soluble to some extent). So, really, the solubility of ethers in water depends on the kind of the ether that we're talking about
But Mostly They are solube as they have lone pair
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