PATENTS

3153.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.]  [Production of Lubricants.]  Indian Patent 23,278, Feb. 13, 1937; appl, filed Oct. 5, 1936,  Chem. Zentralb., 1937, II, p. 2465.

The products obtained by the hydrogenation of CO are separated and the hydrocarbons b. > 150° are wholly or partly cracked at temperatures of 450°-550° and at a pressure of 8-15 atm.  They are then wholly or partly condensed in known manner by the aid of condensation agents such as AlCl3.