Editing Diethyl ether (section)

===Laboratory solvent===
It is a common solvent for the [[Grignard reaction]] in addition to other reactions involving organometallic reagents.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.15227/orgsyn.011.0098 |first1=W. W.|last1=Moyer|first2= C. S.|last2=Marveltitle=Triethyl Carbinol |title=Triethyl Carbinol |journal=Organic Syntheses |date=1931 |volume=11 |page=98 }}</ref>  These uses exploit its basicity. Diethyl ether is a popular non-polar solvent in [[liquid-liquid extraction]]. As an extractant, it is immiscible with and less [[density|dense]] than water. 

Although immiscible, it has significant [[solubility]] in [[Water (molecule)|water]] (6.05&nbsp;g/(100&nbsp;ml) at 25&nbsp;°C<ref name=merckindex/>) and dissolves 1.5&nbsp;g/(100&nbsp;g) (1.0&nbsp;g/(100&nbsp;ml)) water at 25&nbsp;°C.<ref name="water_in_ether">{{cite journal
|author1=H. H. Rowley |author2=Wm. R. Reed | year = 1951
| title = Solubility of Water in Diethyl Ether at 25 °
| journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc.
| volume = 73
| issue = 6
| pages = 2960
| doi = 10.1021/ja01150a531
|bibcode=1951JAChS..73.2960R }}</ref>