PATENTS

      1575.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Substitutes for Fats and Waxes.]  German Patent Appl. J 74,972. no date (Cl. IV c-22 g).  Auszüge deut.  Patent-Anmeldungen. vol. 6, p. 616.

            The compounds consist of H2O-insoluble urethane containing at least 1 aliphatic or cycloaliphatic part with at least 6 C atoms.  Alcohols, obtained by the catalytic hydrogenation of CO or by the conversion of olefins with CO and H2, are used for producing urethane.