Abstract: A process for the synthesis of vinyl ethers of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, each independently, represent hydrogen or a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl group,R.sub.3 is a hydrogen, a primary alkyl, phenyl, or substituted phenyl group, orR.sub.2 and R.sub.3, taken together, represent a polymethylene chain containing from 3 to 10 carbon atoms wherein one or more hydrogens can be replaced by methyl or ethyl groups, andR is a primary, secondary or tertiary alkyl group, which comprises reacting a suitably selected dioxolane derivative of formula II ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are as defined above, andR.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, and R.sub.7, each independently, represent hydrogen or an alkyl group, with a boric acid ester of formula IIIB(OR).sub.3 IIIwhereinR is as defined above, in the vapor phase, at a temperature comprised between 100.degree. and 400.degree. C., and in the presence of an acidic heterogeneous catalyst.