2582. PARKER, P. T. (Standard Oil Development Co.). [Oxygenated Organic Compounds.] French Patent 963,334, July 5, 1950; appl. filed Mar. 16, 1948. Chem. Zentralb., 1951, I, p. 3418.

CO, H₂, and olefins are reacted to form aldehydes and ketones, which are themselves hydrogenated to alcohols. Catalysts consist of the Co-, Fe-, and Ni-salts of high molecular fatty acids obtained as the byproducts in the catalytic synthesis of hydrocarbons from CO and H₂. The initial olefins may be ethylene, propylene, hexene, butadiene, pentadiene, diisobutylene, triisobutylene, and polypropylene.