PATENTS

3146.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.]  [Production of High-Molecular Alcohols.]  German Patent Appl. --, R 527, filed Aug. 19, 1940.  FIAT Reel K-20, frames 246-249; PB 70,211.

High molecular alcohols with at least 6 c atoms in the molecule are produced by adding water gas to olefinic primary products of the CO hydrogenation.  Between the addition of water gas and the hydrogenation, a treatment with condensing agents takes place.