Iso-butene and methanol etherification proceeds according to the electrophilic addition mechanism, Iso-butene makes protonation reaction as the proton acceptor under the acid catalyst function, being born the positive carbon ion, intermediate products react rapidly with nucleophilic reagent ( CH3O-) to produce MTBE. 异丁烯在酸性催化剂作用下作为质子的接受体发生质子化反应,生成正碳离子;作为中间产物的正碳离子,再迅速同亲核试剂CH3O-反应,生成MTBE。