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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Hiroshige Ishino, Kurashiki, JP;
Hideharu Iwasaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Hiroshige Ishino, Kurashiki, JP;
Hideharu Iwasaki, Kurashiki, JP;
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a method of producing ethers, which includes subjecting a conjugated diene compound and an alcohol to a telomerization reaction in the presence of a composition containing a palladium compound, an isocyanide represented by the formula (I)RRRCNC   (I)and a base represented by the formula (II)M(OR)  (II)as a catalyst is provided. According to the method of the present invention, by telomerization reaction of a conjugated diene compound and an alcohol, ethers can be produced industrially advantageously. (In the above-mentioned formulas, each symbol is as defined in the specification.)