PATENT

3311.  SCOTT, N.D., AND WESTON, P. E. 9Canadian Industries, Ltd.)  Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds.  Canadian Patent 329,226, Jan. 10, 1933.  Chem. Abs., vol. 27, 1933, p. 1359.

Organic compounds are hydrogenated by agitating in contact with an aqueous solution containing I and/or HI at 150°-250° and supplying H₂ at 600-800 lb. per in.²  Typical reductions obtained are: (1) Aldehyde or ketone to a hydrocarbon;  (2) unsaturated linkage to saturated; (3) alcohols to hydrocarbons.