1097.    FROLICH, P. K., AND LEWIS, W. K.  Synthesis of Alcohols Higher Than Methanol From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.  Ind. Eng. Chem., vol. 20, 1928, pp. 354-359; Chem. Abs., vol. 22, 1928, p. 1755.

        Steel or Cr-steel turnings impregnated with KOH was unsatisfactory, the loss as gaseous products varying from 30-70%.  A low-Cr steel with a minimum of added alkali appeared the most effective.  The highest oil yield obtained was 13.4%, and increase of oil yield was associated with increase of gas losses.  In combination with a MeOH catalyst, gas losses were less, but only traces of oil were obtained, the product being a mixture of MeOH and higher alcohols.  Metallic oxide catalysts, such as a mixture of ZnO, Cr₂O₃, and Ba(OH)₂ on Cu, which yield MeOH at 300°-350°, produced higher alcohols at 450°-500°.  The best yield recorded, however, was 13.9%, chiefly PrOH.  The loss was somewhat less than with Fe-alkali catalysts and the product was largely alcoholic in place of the complex mixture of alcohols, aldehydes, etc. obtained in the other case.

        FROLICH, P. K., DAVIDSON, R. L., AND FENSKE, M. R.  Catalysts for the Formation of Alcohols From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.  III.  X-Ray Examination of Methyl Alcohol Catalysts Composed of Copper and Zinc.  See abs. 1100.