Carbon Dioxide → Octa-1,3-dien-1-ol

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For example, when a mixture of carbon dioxide, water, butadiene, dioxane solvent and palladium catalyst is reacted under certain conditions, a 50-60 percent yield of octadienol is realized compared to the 10 percent yield of octadienol that is obtained in the absence of carbon dioxide. In t-butanol solvent, a mixture of water, carbon dioxide, butadiene, solvent and catalyst yields at least 70 percent octadienol compared to a 10 percent yield in the absence of carbon dioxide. The total reaction is outlined below. ##SPC1##

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