PATENTS

      1604.  ------.  [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE, A. G.]  [Transforming Carbon Monoxide Into Hydrocarbons.]  French Patent 842,507.  June 14, 1939.  Chem. Abs., vol. 34. 1940. p. 5459.

            Method of transforming CO by means of H₂ into hydrocarbons containing more than 1 C atom and/or into liquid oxygenated derivatives of hydrocarbons, such as alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, or acids, consists in using as catalysts heavy metals, preferably Fe, to which an alkaline compound has been added.