PATENTS

3160.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.]  [Production of Synthetic Soap.]  German Patent Appl. R 118,114, no date (Cl. IV a-23 d).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 837.

To produce synthetic soaps from the liquid products of CO hydrogenation, the heavy oil fraction is separated, alkalized, and the resulting wash liquor, after neutralization with fatty acids in the same wash liquor, evaporated to dryness.