130 



H 2 C 



H 2 C C 



COOH 

 (CH 2 OH) 

 (CHO) C 



CH 2 



CH 3 CH 



H 3 C CH 2 OH 

 (CH 3 ) 

 «-Santalol and a-Santalene 



CH 2 

 CH 



CH 3 



CH 



Eksantalic acid 



Eksantalol 



Eksantalal 



CH 



H 2 C 

 HC 



HsCCCOOH 



CH 2 

 CH 



CH 



Teresantalic acid 

 (Camphor-type). 



Sandalwood Oil, West Indian. We regret to have been unsuccess- 

 ful in procuring delivery of raw material with the usual regularity, with 

 the result that at times the want of available supplies has been severely 

 felt. It is said that on account of bad weather the roads to the coast in 

 Venezuela are in such a deplorable state that the transportation of the 

 wood is attended with indescribable difficulties. As a result of the brisk 

 demand, which at times it was impossible to satisfy, prices have under- 

 gone a not inconsiderable advance. 



Sassafras Oil. According to the latest reports of our New York 

 branch, the tendency of this article is very firm, and all lots which arrive 

 upon the market from the producing districts are going quickly into 

 consumption. It is thought that the prospect is in favour of higher 

 prices. 



Savin Oil. A communication from Elze *) makes it clear that the high 

 rotation of savin oil is not due to sabinol, but to the acetic ester of the latter. 

 Elze isolated from savin oil about 45% of a constituent with a more powerful 

 odour than that of the original oil and possessing the following properties: 

 di5o 0,960, « + 68°, sabinol acetate content 83°/o. After saponification the 



*) Chem. Ztg. 34 (1910), 767. 



