PATENT

2988. -----. [RUHRCHEMIE, A.G.] [Obtaining Pure Oxygen-Containing Derivatives of Aliphatic Compounds.]  German Patent Appl. --, R 489, tiled Jan. 24, 1940. FIAT Reel K-20, frames 264-267; PB 70,211.

Olefinic mixtures, especially those with a low-boiling range, 150°-350°, are fractionally distilled, the separate fractions are reacted with water gas, the catalyst is removed, and the reaction mixtures are separated by fractional vacuum distillation.  The aldehydes are processed to fatty acids by oxidation or to alcohols by reduction.