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1,7-Octadiene
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<p>1,7-Octadiene is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with the formula (CH2=CHCH2CH2)2. It is a colorless liquid that serves as a precursor to specialty polymers. It arises commercially by the dimerization of <a href="/facts/Butadiene/j9W2LxGv">butadiene</a> in the presence of hydrogen. Some of the 1,6-octadiene is also formed. 1,7-Octadiene can be converted to the diol by <a href="/facts/Hydroformylation/KCnbNIu7">hydroformylation</a> followed by hydrogenation of the <a href="/facts/Dialdehyde/xSIRkW03">dialdehyde</a>. In a related process, 1,7-Octadiene undergoes <a href="/facts/Hydrocyanation/jukdo7bP">hydrocyanation</a> to give di<a href="/facts/Nitrile/Gz7RCnC6">nitrile</a>, which can be hydrogenated to give <a href="/facts/Diamine/y12h63fj">1,10-diaminodecane</a>. </p>