Fluorinated ethers. Communication 1. Preparation of ethers by Williamson reaction and the addition of alcohols to alkenes and alkynes

This review considers the main synthesis methods of fluorinated ethers, namely, various variations of Williamson reaction and the addition of alcohols to alkenes and alkynes. In both methods, the initial fluorinated fragment can be present in initial alcohol (alcoholate) as well as in alkyl halide (or alkene), or in both initial components (depending on the desired structure of the target compound).