1,3-butadiene gas is a colorless, slightly aromatic gas at room temperature and pressure, with a boiling point of -4.4℃℃.
From the structural formula of 1,3-butadiene gas, it can be seen that the use of it to synthesize macromolecular polymers fully meets the basic requirements of synthetic rubber, that is, the chemical reaction activity is strong, the macromolecular chain formed is very flexible, and each monomer unit after polymerization contains an unsaturated bond, which is easy to be vulcanized and cross-linked in a controlled manner.
1,3-butadiene gas is currently mainly used to synthesize styrene butadiene, polybutadiene, nitrile, chloroprene and polybutadiene rubber and synthesize ABS, BS, SBS, MBS and other resins. It is also used to produce organic chemical products such as cyclopentane sulfone, 1,4-butanediol, n-octanol, hexanediol, dinitrile, cyclooctadiene, 1,5,9-cyclododecatriene, etc. Among the synthetic rubbers currently produced, more than 80% use butadiene as the main raw material. 2/3 of butadiene is used to make synthetic rubber.