PATENTS

      1568.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Softening Agents for High-Polymer Substances.]  French Patent 882,450. June 2, 1943: appl. filed May 29, 1942.  Chem. Zentralb., 1944. I. p. 605.

            Chlorination products of saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or cycloaphatic hydrocarbons with straight or slightly branched chain containing at least 8 C atoms are used.  They may be obtained by the hydrogenation of coal or C oxides.