Meerwein?s reagent, triethyloxonium tetra-fluoroborate, is a powerful ethylating agent that converts alcohols into ethyl ethers at neutral

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Meerwein?s reagent, triethyloxonium tetra-fluoroborate, is a powerful ethylating agent that converts alcohols into ethyl ethers at neutral pH. Show the reaction of Meerwein?s reagent with Cyclohexanol, and account for the fact that trialkyloxonium salts are much more reactive alkylating agents than alkyl iodides.

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