PATENTS

       64.       ------.  [AUDIBERT, E.]  (Societe nationale de recherches sur le traitment des combustibles).  [Hydrocarbons and Oxygen Derivatives.]  French Patent 639,441, Jan. 24, 1927.  Chem. Abs., vol. 23, 1929, p. 604.

Hydrocarbons and their O₂ derivatives, such as alcohols, are prepared by circulating CO and steam over a catalyst with heat and pressure.  A suitable catalyst is a mixture of oxides of Fe and Cu.