2768. ------. [REITSTÖTTER, J.] [Carboxylic Acids.] German Patent Appl. M, 158,940, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 281.

Aliphatic carboxylic acids are obtained by oxidation of hydrocarbon mixtures from the hydrogenation of CO and fractionation of the hydrogenation mixture. Mixtures are used which b. 250°-400°. The oxidation temperature is about 115°.