3159. -----[RUHRCHEMIE, A.G.] [Production of Solvents and Softeners.] German Patent Appl. R 106,771, no date (Cl. 12 o-11). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 300.

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3159. -----[RUHRCHEMIE, A.G.] [Production of Solvents and Softeners.] German Patent Appl. R 106,771, no date (Cl. 12 o-11). Auszüge deut. Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 300.

Solvent and softening agents, which contain oxygenated derivatives of aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as alcohols, ketones, esters, and ethers, are obtained by treating olefins with CO and H₂ in the presence of catalysts at elevated temperatures and pressures.