3447.    ---------------.  [TROPSCH, H.]  [Decomposition of Synthol at Atmospheric Pressure.]  Ges. Abhandl. Kenntnis Kohle, vol. 7, 1925, pp. 49-50; Chem. Abs., vol. 21, 1927, p. 1698.

        Synthol, 5.8 gm., on heating to 400°-480° at atmospheric pressure yielded 3.9 gm. C, 0.3 gm. CO2, 0.7 gm. CO, 0.5 gm. H2, 0.2 gm. CH4, and 0.1 gm. hydrocarbons, these products being different from those obtained by heating it under pressure in autoclaves (abs. 1014).