By Team Aakash Byju's
Ethers are highly volatile and flammable.
Due to the presence of H-bonding and hydrophobic alkyl or aryl groups, Ethers are only sparingly soluble in water.
They are usually inactive in nature but when an excess of hydrogen halide is added, cleavage of the C−O bond takes place and forms alkyl halides.
The alkoxy group in ethers causes the activation of the aromatic ring at ortho and para positions for electrophilic substitution.
Aromatic ethers undergo halogenation upon the addition of halogens in the presence or absence of a catalyst.
Aromatic ethers undergo Friedel Craft’s reaction upon the reaction with alkyl or acyl halide in the presence of a catalyst called Lewis acid.