The telomerisation of 1,3-butadiene and carbon dioxide: process development and optimisation in a continuous miniplant

The telomerisation of 1,3-butadiene and carbon dioxide is one of the first homogeneously catalyzed reactions using carbon dioxide as a C-1-building block. In this article we describe the process development for a miniplant applying this telomerisation in a continuous scale. Through repeated optimisation of the plant setup combined with parallel laboratory batch experiments the overall space-time-yield of the plant was enhanced significantly.