Patent ID: 7842843

Claim:
A process for producing an ether represented by the following general formula (II): wherein R a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, comprising: providing a mixture comprising 25 to 80 mass % 1,3-butadiene, 13 to 68 mass % butenes, 2 to 15 mass % butanes, 10 ppm or less butynes and 5 to 100 ppm methylallene; providing a catalyst solution comprising a hydroxyl compound represented by the following general formula (I): R a OH (I), wherein R a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a palladium catalyst, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic aromatic compound, an isocyanide compound, and a base; and feeding to a reactor the mixture and the catalyst solution to carry out a telomerization process.