PATENT

3263. -----. [SCHEXNAILDER, R. E.]  (Standard Oil Development Co.). [Synthetic Alcohols.]  French Patent 953,180, Dec. 1, 1949;  appl. filed Sept. 16, 1947; in United States Oct. 31, 1946.  Chem.. Zentralb., 1950, II, p. 340.

Synthetic alcohols are produced from a mixture of olefins, CO, and H₂ in presence of a catalyst consisting of SiO₂-gel impregnated with salts decomposable in the warm Co, Th, and Cu, for example, with the nitrates of the metals.  A mixture of 60% SiO₂, 32 Co, 5 Th and 1 Cu may be used.  A mixture of diisobutylene, H₂, and CO is treated with this catalyst.  The Oxo synthesis reaction is 1^st applied for 5 hr. at 135° and 210 atm., followed by hydrogenation  for 12 hr. at 177° and 175 atm.  The conversion product has the following constants:  Hydroxyl No. 286, carbonyl No. 9, saponification no. 7, acid no. 1.3.

See also United States Patent 2,500,913 (abs. 3264)