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N.m.r. spectra of the Et2CO–BF3 1 : 1 complex in CHCl2F solution at temperatures below –120° show separate signals from the two ethyl groups, attributed to cis–trans-isomerism about the carbon–oxygen bond.
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Henriksson et al. (1970) studied this question.