480. CHAUX, R. [Combustible Liquids From Coal – a Lecture Delivered at the College of France.] Bull. Soc. Chim., vol. 43, 1928, pp. 385-411; Chem. Abs., vol. 22, 1928, p. 2826. Review of production of combustible liquids from coal by hydrogenation and by utilizing hydrocarbon constituents of coke-oven gas for producing alcohols and using coal tars for producing C6H6, its homologs, and other aromatic compounds. The syntheses of MeOH, synthol and liquid hydrocarbons from CO produced by the gasification of coal are discussed. Bibliography of 160 refs. |