PATENTS

2056. ------. [LINCKH, E., AND WINKLER, F.] (I. G. Farbenindustrie A. G.). Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide. Canadian Patent 371,802, Feb. 8, 1938; appl. filed Apr. 2, 1936. Chem. Zentralb., 1938, I, p. 4718.

Mixture of CO and H2 is passed at raised temperature through a reactor in which the surface coming in contact with the mixture consists of a metal such as Fe. Gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives are obtained.