PATENTS

      1492.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Production of Multibranched Alcohols.]  German Patent Appl. I 75,765. OZ 14,379. filed Aug. 28. 1943 (Cl. IV d-12 o).  FIAT Reel 170, frames 9,456-9,458; PB 64,261.

            This application appears to be an addition to German Patent Appl. I 75,412 (abs. 1478).  As catalysts are specified compounds of heavy metals of groups 1 and 2, such as Cu, Ag, Zn, Cd, or Hg, or metallic elements of group 5, such as As, Sb, or Bi.