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Report on synthetic manufacture of EtOH and MeOH from coke-oven gases, consisting chiefly of H₂ CH₄, C₂H₄, CO, and N₂. H₂ is separated by liquefaction of the rest of the gases, C₂H₄, CH₄ and CO can be separated by the same method. C₂H₄ is converted into EtOH by means of H₂SO₄. A suitable mixture of H₂, CO, and N₂ serves for the synthesis of MeOH according to the equation: CO+2 H₂=CH₄O. For this reaction a catalyst is used whose composition is kept secret. NH₃ is synthesized from the remaining mixture of H₂ and N₂. It is still more advantageous to make MeOH from water gas. MeOH should have a promising future because it is an excellent motor fuel.