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Monatomic Alcohols. 



433. (ENANTHYL HYDRATE. C 7 H 15 H 0. ((Enanthylic Alcohol, Septyl 



or Heptyl Alcohol.) 

 a. Colourless volatile liquid. 



434. CAPRYL HYDRATE. C 8 H 17 H 0. (Caprylic Alcohol, Octyl Al- 



cohol.) 

 a. Colourless volatile liquid. 



435. CETYL HYDRATE. C 16 H 33 HO. (Cetylic Alcohol, Ethal, Sexdecylic 



Alcohol.) 



a. White fatty solid. 

 Note. This Specimen is probably impnre. See Fownes, Chemistry,p. 610. 



436. CETYL PALMITATE. C 16 H 33 C 16 H 31 2 . (Spermaceti.) 



a. Solid white crystalline fat. 

 Note. Spermaceti contains also some laurostearin, 



437. CERYL CEROTATE. C^ H 55 C^ H 53 2 . (Pe-la, Chinese Insect 



Wax.) 

 a. Hard white crystalline fat. 



438. MYRICYL PALMITATE. C 30 H 61 C 16 H 31 2 . (Myricin.) 



a. Fatty solid/ 



Note. This substance is the portion of beeswax insoluble in boiling 

 alcohol. 



VINYLIC SERIES. CnH^.i. 



439. ALLYL SDLPHOCYANATB. C 3 H 5 Cy S. 



a. Volatile pungent liquid. (Volatile Oil of Mustard.) 

 Note. This liquid probably contains some sulphide of allyl. See 

 Pharmacographia, p. 63. 



440. MENTHYL HYDRATE. C 10 H 19 HO. (Menthylic Alcohol, Stearopteve 



of Peppermint Oil.) 



a. Crude, in acicular crystals, from Japan. 



b. Ditto, sublimed at 210 F. 



Note. Specimen 6 was prepared and presented by Messrs. Morson & 

 Son. The crude article is said to be adulterated with sulphate of magnesia, 

 which it closely resembles in appearance. Watts, Diet. Chem., vol. iii., 

 p. 880. 



BENZYLIC SERIES. C^H^-7. 



441. BENZYL HYDRATE. C 7 H ? HO. (Benzoic Alcohol, Benzyl Alcohol.) 



a. Aromatic colourless liquid. 



442. PHENYL HYDRATE. C 6 H B H 0. (Phenylic Alcohol, Carbolic 



Acid, Phenic Acid, Coal-tar Creosote.) 



a. Crystallized in a large glass receiver. 



b. Ditto, from the volatile oil of Andromeda Leschenaultii. 



c. Liquid. 



