1216.    ---------------.  [GOLUMBIC, N.] Some Chemicals From Synthetic Liquid Fuels Processes.  Bureau of Mines Rept. of Investigations 4467, 1949, 58 pp.

       Review of some available literature and experimental results of 2 synthetic liquid fuels processes now under investigation; presents summary of information regarding relative amounts of various industrially valuable chemical products thus produced.  Gives brief description of the Fischer-Tropsch and related processes with emphasis on the effect of the important variables, catalyst, pressure, temperature and H₂:CO ratio upon the composition of the product.  Enumerates byproducts and chemicals obtainable from hydrogenation of CO.  Also reviews the work accomplished on the hydrogenation of typical United States coals, including a description of the liquid-phase hydrogenation assay procedure and summarized results of characterization of the oils produced during the hydrogenation of Pittsburgh-seam (Bruceton) coal under various conditions in the Bureau of Mines experimental plant.  Important byproducts from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are water-soluble organic chemicals, such as EtOH, acetic acid, and acetone.  These products will be available in large enough quantities to have a tremendous economic effect upon established sources and uses.  They may become the principal source of many basic, organic chemicals, particularly those used in cellulose plastics and fibers, acetate rayon, pharmaceutical, and aliphatic solvent industries.  Another potential source of important organic chemicals is the production of high-boiling alcohols from the Oxo and Synol processes.  Oil from the liquid-phase hydrogenation of coal is an important source of organic chemicals of commercial value, such as tar acids for plastics, tar bases for pharmaceuticals, and benzene, toluene, and xylene for explosives manufacture and solvents.

        See abs. 3296, 3297.