I am trying to create an ether hydrolysis reaction, which will give me both sides of the ether oxygen as the alcohol, ie.

C1-O-C2   ->   C1-OH + C2-OH

I'm new to this and struggling a little with side reactions, chief amongst which is the unwanted carboxylic ester hydrolysis that I'm getting.

Does anyone have an example of such a reaction for use within PP ?

Cheers !