Water intercalated in montmorillonites can react with 1-alkenes (1) to give secondary ethers (2). Efficient preparations of (2) were hitherto unknown. The cations of the layer silicate must be exchanged, preferably for Cu2+, prior to the reaction.
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Adams et al. (1978) studied this question.
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