Diethyl ether is a good solvent to be used with Grignard reagents. Which of the following explanations for this fact is false?
A) It has a very high boiling so it can be heated to drive the Grignard formation to completion.
B) It can serve as a Lewis base and stabilize the Grignard reagent.
C) It is polar enough to stabilize the Grignard reagent.
D) It is aprotic and thus is not acidic enough to react with the Grignard reagent.
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