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Two moles of ethylene add to sulfuric acid to give diethyl sulfate. (The reaction proceeds via the mono ester.)

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

2
H2C=CH2
  +  
H2SO4
  +  
Ag2SO4
         
(C2H5O)2SO2
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic Protonation
Industrial Process: Organic

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