3238.     SPARKS, W. J., AND YOUNG, D. W.  Plasticizers From Oxo Alcohols.  Ind. Eng. Chem., vol. 41, 1949, pp. 665-670; Chem. Abs., vol. 43, 1949, p. 5627.

        Information on the chemical and physical properties of new octyl and nonyl alcohols, manufactured by the Oxo reaction.  Olefins are converted with H₂ and CO under high pressures in the presence of a Co catalyst to aldehydes, which are then hydrogenated to alcohols.  In this study Oxo alcohols were reacted with phthalic anhydride as well as phosphorus oxychloride to form plasticizers.