PATENTS

3191.----- [RUHRCHEMIE, A. G.]   [Separation of Fatty Acids.]  German Patent Appl. R 112,882, no date (Cl. 12 o-23).  Auszüge deut.  Patent-Anmeldungen. vol. 6, p. 310.

Isomeric fatty acid mixtures (in branched or slightly branched fractions) are separated by partial saponification followed by removal of the unsaponified, branched fractions.