PATENT

3397. ----- [SOCIÉTÉ D’ÉLECTROCHIMIE, D’ÉLECTROMÉTALLURGIE ET DES ACIÉRIES ÉLECTRIQUES D’USINE.]  [Methanol.]  French Patent 764,836, May 29, 1934.  Chem. Abs., vol. 28, 1934, p. 5834.

MeOH is purified by treating it with Cl, Br, or I, which forms esters with the impurities, and these are separated by distillation.