3144.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.] [Production of Alcohols.] German Patent Appl. R 112,068, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 309.

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3144.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.] [Production of Alcohols.] German Patent Appl. R 112,068, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 309.

Pure alcohols are obtained by the catalytic addition of water gas to olefinic mixtures. Before the addition occurs, the mixture is divided into 2 or more fractions, the highest boiling fraction of which boils at a lower point than the lowest-boiling reaction product. Addition to German Patent Appl. R 106,852 (abs. 3158).