2652.     ---------------.  [PETROLEUM TIMES.]  Synthetic Alcohols by New “Esso” Process.  Vol. 53, No. 1342, Jan. 14, 1949, p. 43.

        Commercial production of iso-octyl alcohol has been announced by Esso Standard Oil Co.  The process involves reaction of a selected gasoline fraction with H₂ and CO at pressures up to 3,000 p.s.i.  Although iso-octyl, as such, has possibilities as a resin solvent and antifoaming agent, its principal value is as intermediate or raw material for other chemicals.  It can be converted to wetting agents, or to metallic salts that make effective paint driers.