PATENT

3572. ----- [STEINKOHLEN-BERGWERK “RHEINPREUSSEN”].  [Alcohols.]  German Patent 765,515, no date; appl. St 63,627, (Cl. 12 o-5.02).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 368.

Alcohols are obtained form high-molecular olefins by absorbing the unconverted olefins with H2SO4 diluting the reaction mixture with ice, driving off the saturated hydrocarbons and saponifying the alkyl esters.