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Chementator: A process to make butadiene from under-utilized cracker C4 fractions

| By Edited by Gerald Ondrey

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo, Japan; www.m-kagaku.co.jp) has developed a new technology for producing 1,3-butadiene (butadiene) from waste butenes using a self-developed, proprietary catalyst. The process has been pilot tested (200-ton/yr capacity)…