525.    ----------------.  [CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES.] Oxoated Olefins.  Vol. 63, No. 2, 1948, pp. 211-212.

                  First commercial application of the Oxo synthesis is now under way to the Esso Standard Oil Co. at Baton Rouge in the high-pressure petroleum hydrogenation unit.  Iso-octyl alcohol is being produced.  The price is expected to be somewhat under $0.30 per lb.  It is to be used in making plasticizers.  Other organizations are making plans also:  Standard Oil Co. of Indiana will produce nonyl alcohol at its Whiting plant; the Oronite Chemical Co., Texas Co., and duPont are also interested in the production of high-molecular-weight alcohols, as is the Shell group in its petrochemical plant in England.