PATENT

3828. ----- [VIDSTRAND, E. H., AND HULTGREN, N. F].  [Synthetic Benzine.]  Swiss Patent 71,769, Feb. 16,1916.  Chem. Abs., vol. 10, 1916, p. 1928.

Mixture of H₂ and a C and O compound is heated to a temperature of at least 2,000°, whereby a chemical reaction takes place, resulting in the formation of condensable hydrocarbons, which, upon cooling, separate as a readily volatile benzinelike liquid.