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       General survey of the field, with a review of recent developments is given.  Special organic reactions, such as the synthesis of MeOH and the higher alcohols, the synthesis of petroleum by the Fischer-Tropsch process, and the hydrogenation of coal, as well as general hydrogenation and oxidation reactions, have received extended treatment.