Editing Diisopropyl ether (section)

==Uses==
Whereas at 20 °C, [[diethyl ether]] will dissolve 1% by weight water, diisopropyl ether dissolves 0.88%.  Diisopropyl ether is used as a specialized solvent to remove or extract polar organic compounds from aqueous solutions, e.g. phenols, ethanol, acetic acid. It has also been used as an [[antiknock agent]].

In the laboratory, diisopropyl ether is useful for [[Recrystallization (chemistry)|recrystallization]]s because it has a wide liquid range.<ref name=OS>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.081.0204|title=Methyltrioxorhenium Catalyzed Oxidation of Secondary Amines to Nitrones: N-Benzylidene-Benzylamine N-Oxide |journal=Organic Syntheses |year=2005 |volume=81 |page=204|author1=Andrea Goti |author2=Francesca Cardona |author3=Gianluca Soldaini |doi-access=free |url=http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/default.asp?dbname=orgsyn&dataaction=search&metadata_directive=blind_gui&formgroup=quick_form_group&Preps.CollVol=11&order_by=Preps.CollPage%20ASC }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.052.0001|title=2-Acetyl-1,3-Cyclopentanedione |journal=Organic Syntheses |year=1972 |volume=52 |page=1|author=Ferenc Merényi, Martin Nilsson }}</ref>  Diisopropyl ether is used for converting bromoboranes, which are thermally labile, into isopropoxy derivatives.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.075.0129|title=Synthesis of 4-(2-Bromo-2-Propenyl)-4-Methyl-Y-Butyrolactone by the Reaction of Ethyl Levulinate with (2-Bromoallyl)Diisopropoxyborane Prepared by Haloboration of Allene |journal=Organic Syntheses |year=1998 |volume=75 |page=129|author=Shoji Hara, Akira Suzuk }}</ref>