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.