2727.     ---------------.  [POSPEKHOV, D. A.]  [Mechanism of Catalytic Syntheses From Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide.  (Preliminary Report).]  Sbornik Nauch.-Issledovatel, Rabot Kiev. Tekh. Inst. Kozhevenno-Obuvnoi Prom., vol. 3, 1940, pp. 261-267; Khim. Referat. Zhur., vol. 4, No. 5, 1941, p. 12; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 5569.

        It is postulated that the primary process of catalytic transformations of the mixture of CO and H₂ consists of the hydration of CO, and of its condensation with the formation of the lower oxides.  The properties of the known oxides of C belonging to several homologous series (cyclic structures also are possible) are given.  It is expected that the hydration of these oxides forms compounds with the same C lattice.