The telomerization of butadiene with methanol catalyzed by palladium phosphine complexes forming methoxy-octadienes is the first and key step for the production 1-​octene. This presentation will report our efforts to improve the rate, stability, selectivity and yield to 1-​methoxy-​2,​7-​octadiene of the telomerization catalyst through phosphine ligand modification. Our investigation to elucidate the reaction mechanism and how this information was leveraged to improve telomerization will be presented.<br/>

Improved catalysts for the telomerization of butadiene with methanol

249th National Meeting (2015)

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