PATENTS

      1552.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Separating Alcohols From Mixtures.]  German Patent Appl. I 74,834, no date (Cl. 12 o-5.02).  Auszüge deut.  Patent-Anmeldungen. vol. 6. p. 218.

            High-molecular alcohols in mixture with hydrocarbons are separated by extraction 1st with dilute aqueous solutions of organic O-containing material, then with the concentrated solvent.  Both extracts are then combined.