PATENT

3165. -----[RUHRCHEMIE, A.G.] [Purifying Aldehydes and Ketones From the Oxo Process.] German Patent Appl. R 107,598, no date (Cl. iv d-12 o.). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 301.

Aldehydes and ketones, which were obtained by the catalytic action of water gas on unsaturated hydrocarbons, are purified by treating them below their boiling points with aqueous solutions of acids and salts or mixtures of both.