1126. ------. [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE A. G.] [Alcohols.] German Patent Appl. I 74,390, no date (Cl. 12 o-52). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 210.

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1126. ------. [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE A. G.] [Alcohols.] German Patent Appl. I 74,390, no date (Cl. 12 o-52). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 210.

Alcohols are produced from carboxylic acids or their esters by catlytic reduction at elevated pressure and temperature, the low-boiling fractions of the reaction mixture being removed during the hydrogenation.