976. ------. [HEMMINGER, C. E.] (Standard Oil Development Co.). [Hydrocarbons From Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.] French Patent 959,193. Mar. 23, 1950; appl. filed Jan. 2, 1948. Chem. Zentralb., 1951, I. p. 279.

Patent Abstracts

Synthesis is performed in the usual manner at 260º-385º under a pressure of 49 atm. The synthesis products thus obtained are fractionally distilled. There are thus obtained a hexane fraction up to 176º and a heavier fraction, b. 176º-205º. The C₂-C₅olefins are polymerized. The middle fraction (up to 176º) is treated in the presence of bauxite or a SiO₂-Al₂O₃-gel catalyst, in the presence of H₂, at 455º-510º and a pressure of 1.4 atm. for 1 hr. The higher fraction (176º-205º) is treated in the same manner at 426º-524º and 0.7-3.5 atm., is desired in the presence of H₂ and with the same catalyst. The O₂-containing compounds are converted into hydrocarbons and a valuable hydrocarbon mixture obtained, which may be catalytically hydrogenated.