3146.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.] [Production of High-Molecular Alcohols.] German Patent Appl. --, R 527, filed Aug. 19, 1940. FIAT Reel K-20, frames 246-249; PB 70,211.

High molecular alcohols with at least 6 c atoms in the molecule are produced by adding water gas to olefinic primary products of the CO hydrogenation. Between the addition of water gas and the hydrogenation, a treatment with condensing agents takes place.