Word: amylives
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...this alcohol by heating soft coal until carbon monoxide and hydrogen result. To these gases he adds oxygen to form an organic product. Then, with this synthetic compound on hand he can create formaldehyde (essential for the synthetic resins like Bakelite) or the more complicated alcohols (as isobutyl and amyl, useful in making varnishes...