PATENTS

2660. PIER, M., AND FREE, G. (W. E. Currie). Antiknock Motor Fuels. United States Patent 2,242,321, May 20, 1941; appl. filed Aug. 24, 1939, Serial No. 291,670, in Germany Aug. 31, 1938; 11 claims (Cl. 196-50). Chem. Abs., vol. 35, 1941, p. 6104.

Process for the production of nonknocking motor fuels involves catalytically cracking hydrocarbons obtained from CO by reaction with H2 mixed with a paraffin-base petroleum oil.