PATENTS

      1532.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Recovery of Alcohols From Mixtures.]  German Patent Appl. I 70,527, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut.  Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 161.

            High-molecular alcohols are recovered from their mixtures with nonalcoholic compounds of similar boiling range by forming the boric, arsenic, or phosphoric acid esters, separating the products by distillation with steam under reduced pressure, and finally hydrolyzing the esters.