Ethers can form hydrogen bonds to water, since the oxygen atom is attracted to the partially-positive hydrogens in water molecules, making them more soluble in water than alkanes.

What intermolecular forces do ethers have?

If two ethyl ether molecules are brought together, the opposite partial charges will be attracted to one another. This type of intermolecular force is called a dipole-dipole interaction or dipole-dipole attraction since it occurs in polar molecules with dipoles.

What type of bond is ether?

Ethers do have nonbonding electron pairs on their oxygen atoms, however, and they can form hydrogen bonds with other molecules (alcohols, amines, etc.) that have O―H or N―H bonds.