PATENTS

      1558.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Separation of Alcohols From Mixtures.]  German Patent Appl. I 70,064.  OZ 12,895. filed July 1, 1941 (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut.  Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 155.

            Alcohols are recovered form mixtures with nonalcoholic compounds by means of the boric acid esters and by saponification of the ester with aqueous boric acid solution introduced in a cycle.  On cooling, the boric acid separates.