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  • noun organic chemistry Any of four isomeric diols derived from butane

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  • When you think about commodity C4, as we've talked about, our butanediol, which is a work course of C4 chemical.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • Tom Witzel, BASF group vice president of European diols and polyalcohols, says, "A withdrawal from maleic anhydride production in Feluy would help us to focus on our core intermediates business," in vertically integrated value chains such as butanediol and its derivatives, and polyalcohols.

    Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News 2009

  • Tom Witzel, BASF group vice president of European diols and polyalcohols, says, "A withdrawal from maleic anhydride production in Feluy would help us to focus on our core intermediates business," in vertically integrated value chains such as butanediol and its derivatives, and polyalcohols.

    Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News 2009

  • The Germany-based company said high demand for the engineering plastic butanediol, largely used in the automotive sector, and coating agents such as polyalcohols is expected to continue for the rest of the year.

    BASF Flags Price Rises as Profit Jumps Harriet Torry 2011

  • The sustainable process utilizes little more than sugar and water to produce butanediol (BDO), which can be manufactured into everything from plastics and fibers to pharmaceuticals.

    Jason Sahler | Inhabitat 2009

  • San Diego-based scientists at Genomatica have developed the ability to manipulate bacteria into being useful to feed our societal lust for plastics, by producing “butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making it without oil or natural gas,” the article says.

    Archive for » 2008 » September : Sustainablog 2008

  • The San Diego company has developed a manufacturing process in which it uses a micro-organism to turn sugar into butanediol, a chemical currently produced from petroleum and used in clothing such as spandex, cars and other consumer goods.

    Cleaner Light Sources and Electric Rides 2010

  • San Diego-based scientists at Genomatica have developed the ability to manipulate bacteria into being useful to feed our societal lust for plastics, by producing “butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making it without oil or natural gas,” the article says.

    Genomatica Turns Bacteria Into Plastic 2008

  • The sustainable process utilizes little more than sugar and water to produce butanediol BDO, which can be manufactured into everything from plastics and fibers to pharmaceuticals.

    Scientists Develop Plastic-Producing Bacteria | Inhabitat 2008

  • GHB, as well as the other drugs targeted in Operation Web Slinger, GBL and 1,4 butanediol, they cause hallucinations, respiratory depression, coma and death.

    CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2002 2002

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