Answer to Question #164456 in Organic Chemistry for monch

Question

Polarity of the substance of diethyl ether

Answer 1

Diethyl ether has a very low dielectric constant (4.33), it's dipolar moment is 1.3. This means that it us just slightly polar. So it is considered as non-polar solvent.

Reference:

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is-ethyl-ether-or-Diethyl-ether-non-polar-solvent