ISOHEPTYL ALCOHOL BOTTOMS)

The complex combination of hydrocarbons produced by the distillation of the products from the hydrogenation of isoheptanal from the hydroformylation of hexene. It consists predominantly of C7-8 primary aliphatic alcohols, C12-16 dimer alcohols, C14 acetals and esters and C10 acid sodium salts and boils in the range of approximately 175.degree.C to 385.degree.C (347.degree.F to 725.degree.F).