Ruhrchemie and I. G. Farbenindustrie

Ruhrchemie and I. G. Farbenindustrie Patent Applications (oxo process), 6 vols., New York,... 

Development of the process in Germany was expedited when Ruhrchemie and I.G. Farbenindustrie pooled their facilities about 1940. Results of laboratoiy- and bench-scale operations led to the construction of a demonstration unit at Leuna employing a catalyst slurry in a continuous two-stage process with an output of metric tons of alcohds per day. The olefin feed was obtained by mild thermal cracking of soft paraffin wax from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The product, a mixture of alcohols, was readily sulfonated to detergents, which were in great demand in... 

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