PATENTS

2199. MCGRATH, H. G., PASSINO, H. J., AND RUBIN, L. C. (M. W. Kellogg Co.). Separation of Organic Compounds. United States Patent 2,470,782; appl. filed May 24, 1949, Serial No. 709,871; 15 claims (Cl. 260-450). Chem. Abs., vol. 43, 1949, p. 7213.

Describes apparatus and process for separating oxygenated compounds from Fischer-Tropsch product by solvent extraction. An aqueous or anhydrous glycol is used as solvent. 1 foreign patent and 7 United States patent cited.