When you have a two-layer mixture of water and tert-butyl methyl ether, is water a top layer or bottom layer? Why? top, because water is less dense than the ether bottom, because water is denser than the ether bottom, because water is less dense than the ether top, because water is denser than the ether Question 6 What is the purpose of washing an ether extract of the reaction product with brine? To add more water to the ether solution To add sodium chloride to the ether solution To remove the bulk of water dissolved in the ether solution To completely remove the water dissolved in the ether solution