252. ------. [BROOKS, R. E.] (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). Preparation of Alcohols. United States Patent 2,549,416, Apr. 17, 1951; appl. filed Feb. 4, 1948, Serial No. 6350; 9 claims (Cl. 260-638).

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252. ------. [BROOKS, R. E.] (E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.). Preparation of Alcohols. United States Patent 2,549,416, Apr. 17, 1951; appl. filed Feb. 4, 1948, Serial No. 6350; 9 claims (Cl. 260-638).

High yields of alcohols are obtained when aldehydes, which are preferably prepared by simultaneously reacting CO and H₂ with diisobutylene at elevated temperatures and pressures in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, are hydrogenated in the vapor phase by passing them together with H₂ over a catalyst comprising reduced Cu+ZnO. 6 United States patents, 4 foreign patents, and 1 literature ref. Cited.