Is ether polar or nonpolar?

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In AP Cliff's bio they say it is nonpolar but I recall reading somewhere else that it is because the O can hydrogen bond with other molecules.

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For the sake of the test it isn't polar because there are no Donatable Hydrogens to allow for polarity.
Think of at is more polar than alkanes though.
 
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Since when has ether been soluble in water?
Ether extractions from aqueous solutions ring a bell? :D
 
Diethyl ether is polar soluble- but anything with more carbons you are getting into slightly soluble barely soluble or not soluble.
 
correct me if im wrong
Ether is like water... ex
H-O-H
is that polar? YES
why sp3 config for the oxygen molecule makes it polar
what is ether?
R-O-R what config does Oxygen have here? same as water there for its polar.
now for cyclic ethers. they are also polar due to same config. one side of molecule has slightly positive charge and the other side has slightly negative charge.
 
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