Аннотация:The mechanisms of BF3/iPrOH catalyzed oligomerization of isobutylene, dec-1-ene and methyl undec-10-enoate were analyzed using DFT modeling. The newly developed concept implies the participance of two olefin molecules and (BF3∙ROH)2 as an initiator, the role of the ether additives is to provide high exo-selectivity of isobutylene oligomerization. This concept argues the chain-growth oligomerization with intermediate retention of the cationic center (isobutylene), or H+ elimination (linear α-olefins) explaining the preferable formation of trimers.