PATENTS

1747. ------. [JAEGAR, A. O.] (Selden Co.). Catalytic Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds. United States Patent 1,925,389, Sept. 5, 1933; appl. filed Apr. 6, 1929, Serial No. 353,270 (Cl. 260-169). Chem. Abs., vol. 27, 1933, p. 5518.

Reductions such as the production of motor-fuel hydrocarbons from purified water gas are effected in the presence of a catalyst containing a permutogenetic material.