High yields of ethers are obtained from the title reaction using fluoroboric acid as catalyst. Competitive reactions between cyclohexene and oct-1-ene show remarkably small but solvent dependent selectivity. Addition of acetic acid to the same pair of alkenes is similarly unselective.
D. T. Dalgleish, D. C. Nonhebel and P. L. Pauson, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1971, 1174 DOI: 10.1039/J39710001174
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