Butadiene (Glycos Biotechnologies)

Butadiene. It is a cracker olefinic monomer. It is currently produced by extractive distillation from a crude butylene concentration stream, a by-product of ethylene and propylene production. This is an expensive process and depends upon petrochemicals, a non-sustainable resource. But due to the Bio-SIM™ technology, diverse feed substrates such as oils as well as fats, palm acids, and carbohydrates are used to produce bio-chemical products that directly replace petrochemicals. Used in the production of synthetic rubber.