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Sp. Gr. at 15° a ee {906-O07 25} 
Acid value cee ee im 
Saponification value exw, BOAT +Mean of three 
Ester value ae sericea determinations. 
Unsaponifiable ae ... 3°7 per cent. 
Reichert-Meissl value 0°55 
- Hehner value we Peat. 
Todine value 6 Bo 
The unsaponifiable matter above was extracted with ethyl 
ether from a solution of the soda soap. It contained a good deal 
eslum Soap gave a 
unsaponified oil, so it was saponified a second time and again ex- 
tracted with ether. On evaporation of the extract the solid product 
tallized from alcohol in two fractions which had melting points of 
106° and 95°. These fractions were separately acetylized by boil- 
ing with acetic anhydride under an inverted condenser, and the ace- 
ipi into boiling water. e acetaes were 
carefully washed and crystallized from alcohol when their melting 
points were 98° and 68° respectively. The ace were decom- 
posed with potassium hydrate and the alcohols taken up in ether. 
The extracts were evaporated to ess and crystallized from 
alcohol and had melting points of 110° and 104° respectively. 
Neither of the products thus obtained crystallized in the 
