42 Report of Schimmel 3 Co. April 1913. 



It is a remarkable fact that no camphor was found to exist in these oils, although 

 R. S. Pearson 1 ) of Dehra Dun had obtained from the leaves of Cinnamomum glanduliferum 

 a camphor which was clearly identical with the Japanese commercial product. We 

 cannot explain the reason of this difference; possibly, in the second case, hybridisation 

 may account for it, seeing that we recently received from Cannes an oil which was 

 the product of a hybrid of Cinnamomum Camphora, Nees et Eberm. and C. glanduliferum, 

 Meissn., growing in the garden of the Villa Flora, there. The last-named oil constitutes 

 a liquid with a strong admixture of camphor. After separating and removing the camphor 

 (about 58 p. c; m. p. 175°; [«] D + 41,66° est. in 12,2 p. c. alcoholic solution; oxime 

 m. p. 1 19°) the liquid portion was further investigated with the following result: di 5 o 1,0465, 

 « D + 34°24', acid v. 1,0, ester v. 23,3, ester v. after acet. 46,2, sol. in 0,8 vols. 80 p. c. 

 alcohol, when more than 3 vols, of solvent is added, opalescence ensues. When sub- 

 jected to fractional distillation further considerable quantities of camphor separated 

 out from the liquid, but this distillate (which in other respects resembled Japanese 

 camphor), contained no safrol; a result which agreed with our experience of certain 

 other camphor leaf oils' 2 ). 



Cinnamon Oil, Ceylon. As the prices of Ceylon cinnamon chips, the principal 

 raw material from which this oil is distilled, have undergone but few fluctuations last 

 year, our quotations for Ceylon cinnamon oil have remained steady. Our sales have 

 reached dimensions never before attained, which proves that our exquisite quality is 

 capable of holding its own against every competitor in the matter of price as well 

 as in other respects. The exports of cinnamon chips from Ceylon in the year 1912 

 amounted to 2 349944 lbs., of which over 600000 lbs. went to Germany. 



We are now able to complete statements which we made in our Report of 

 November 1908 (p. 41) on the constitution of Seychelles cinnamon-bark oil, by the 

 following particulars: — We examined the first runnings of an oil which had first 

 been fractionated in vacuo and afterwards at atmospheric pressure. Treatment with 

 magenta-sulphurous acid showed the fractions which first passed over to contain small 

 proportions of aldehydes. These were removed by means of bisulphite. 



A fraction with b. p. 148 to 155°, a hydrocarbon (di 5 o 0,8539; « D — 17° 2'; 

 nD2oo 1,47220), yielded a nitrosochloride, dec. p. 86 to 87°. The decomposition took 

 place suddenly and violently. With benzylamine traces of a body with m. p. 104 to 

 109° were obtained as a product of conversion. In view of the readiness with which 

 the nitrosochloride decomposes it is questionable whether the compound can be regarded 

 as a nitrol benzylamine. Camphene could be detected in a fraction with b. p. 159 to 

 163° (diBo 0,8563; « D — 17° 51'; n D20 o 1,47238) by treating with glacial acetic-sulphuric 

 acid. Saponification of the fractions of the reaction-product which boiled in vacuo 

 between 70 and 80° afforded solid isoborneol which, when purified from light petroleum, 

 malted between 209 and 210°. 



The fractions boiling between 163 and 167° (di 5 o 0,8583; « D — 24° 20'; n D20O 1,47279) 

 consisted principally of ^-pinene. When oxidised with permanganate in the presence 

 of alkali they yielded nopinic acid, m. p. 125 to 126°. 



We are able to confirm our previous statements with regard to the presence in 

 Seychelles oil of /?-phellandrene. Fractions with b.p. 36° (3 mm.) and rotation « D — 22° 20' 



') Report October 1910, 145. — 2 ) Comp. Report October 1906, 20. 



