PATENTS

1842.  KEUNECKE, E. (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.). [Oxidation Products of High-Molecular Paraffin Hydrocarbons.] German Patent 626,787, Mar. 10, 1936 (Cl. 12 o-11). Chem. Abs., vol. 30, 1936, p. 5588.

Describes apparatus in which the hydrocarbons are subjected in the liquid phase to gases containing O2 at temperatures < 125% in the presence of a Mn-alkali metal catalyst.