3997.  [Fatty Acids.] German Patent Appl. m 144,558, no date (Cl. IV d-12 o). Auszüge deut, Patent-Anmeldungen, vol. 6, p. 271.

Hydrocarbons from paraffin or gatsch are oxidized under pressure to fatty acids, at first in small stirring autoclaves arranged in series until the oxidation has progressed so far that it continues to go on at lower temperature with sufficient velocity.