SPECIALTY chemicals company Evonik and Germany’s Leibniz Institute for Catalysis(LIKAT),have successfully achieved the first direct carbonylation of 1,3-butadiene.The carbonylation breakthrough paves the way for more cost-effective and environmentally friendly synthesis of industrially important adipic acid derivatives.Millions of tons of adipates are produced annually,and they serve as the starting materials in the manufacture of a range of products,including plasticisers,perfumes,lubricants,solvents,various pharmaceutical ingredients,and nylon.Currently,they can only be produced using complex,multi-stage energy-intensive synthesis,which requires many chemicals and produces nitrogen oxides.
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