PATENT

2908. -----.[RUHRCHEMIE, A.G.] [Fatty Acids.]  German Patent Appl. R 106,746, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o).  Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol.6, p. 300.

Fatty acids are obtained from the hydrocarbons b.>200° and produced by the hydrogenation of CO by cracking to olefins b. 180°-300°.  These are converted with CO and H2 and then catalytically oxidized with air.