Leibniz‐Institut für Katalyse an der Universit?t Rostock e.V. Albert‐Einstein‐Strasse 29a, 18059 Rostock (Germany), Fax: (+49)?381‐1281‐5000
Abstract:
The following account summarises recent developments in the area of palladium-catalysed telomerisation and dimerisation reactions of 1,3-dienes. The most active types of catalyst, palladium-carbene complexes, were tested in pilot plant and proved to be industrially viable.