2588.     ---------------.  [PATART, G.]  [Commercial Transformation of Coal Into Technical Organic Products.]  Chim. et ind., vol. 16, 1926, pp. 713-729; Chem. Abs., vol. 21, 1927, p. 639.

        Discussion of the advantages and possibilities of Patart’s process for the production of MeOH from CO and H₂ (abs. 2585, 2586, 2587), which also can give higher alcohols under suitable conditions.  In using coal as a raw material, most economical and efficient operation is obtained by first distilling for gas and then gasifying with steam to produce water gas, and the process could readily be installed in connection with gas works.