577 



that tlie crystals wliicli separated remained small and dissolved readily 

 in ^ n KOH. The [)henolphtaleiM was added as powder. 

 Duration of' heating: 2 hours. 



This showed clearly that the esterification of the geraniol had not 

 been complete. The mixture does not boil, however, and I thought 

 that this might possibly be the cause of the shortage. Hence a few 

 further estimations were made in which the heating was done with 

 a small tlame. 



Duration of heating: 2 hours. 



Quantity of phthalic 



anhydride used 



in grm. 



Quantity of 



geraniol used 



in grm. 



Quantity of geraniol found 



grm. 



O/n 



2.0540 

 2.0495 



0.8890 

 0.4970 



0.8193 

 0.4497 



92.2 

 90.5 



