PATENTS

      1514.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Purification of Synthesis Hydrocarbons.]  German Patent Appl. I 72,047. no date (Cl. IV d-23 b).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen. vol. 6. p. 759.

            Hydrocarbon mixtures obtained by the hydrogenation of CO are purified by passing them in vapor state at temperatures <350 over Mo oxide.  This is an addition to German Patent 750,072 (abs. 1555).