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How will you account for the following? Ethers possess a net dipole moment even if they are symmetrical in structure?

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Because of greater electronegativity of o- atom than carbon C – O bonds are polar. C – O bond are inclined to each other at an angle of 110° (or more), two dipoles do not cancel out each other. 

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