3219.     SMITH, H. M.  Possible Utilization of Natural Gas for the Production of Chemical Products.  Bureau of Mines Inf. Circ. 6388, 1930, 5 pp.; Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 397.

        Chart shows the products obtainable from natural gas by oxidation, pyrolysis and chlorination, and the uses of each.  These products and the compounds derived from them are:  Oxidation -- water gas, H₂, MeOH acetone, formaldehyde (bakelite); pyrolysis -- H₂(NH₃).  C₂H₄(C₂H₃OH, C₂H₂Cl₂, C₂H₂(OH)₂), C₃H₆ (isopropyl alcohol), C₄H₈ (secondary Bu alcohol), anthracene (alizarin), naphthalene (indigo), C₂H₂ (CH₃CHO), butadiene (rubber), C₆H₆ (resorcinol), C₇H₈ (saccharin), xylene and C black; chlorination -- CH₃Cl, CH₂Cl₂, CHCl₃, and CCl₄.