— io9 





I st half 



just 

 2nd half 



about mid- 

 September 



total samples 



dried 

 fruit 



d 4 o (A) ... 



1,0374 



1,0519 



1,0492 



— 



— 



— 



,, (B) ... 



0,9690 



0,9730 



0,9661 



0,9809 



0,9808 



0,9581 



«D (A) 1 ) . . 



8° 15' 



7° 12' 



6° 42' 



— 



— • 



— 



.. (B) 1 ) . . . 



5° 27' 



6V 



6° 12' 



5° 32' 



6° 4' 



8° 9' 



Iodine no. (A) 



189 



167 



153 



— 



— 



— 



„ „ (B) 



215 



201 



210 



192 



199 



174 



Sap. no. (A) . 



6,4 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



„ „ (B) . 



10 



— 



— 



— 



4,2 



- — 



Acet. no. (A) 



1,2 



-*- 



— 



— 



— 



— 



„ „ (B) 



— 



— 



— 



— 



3,5 



— 



In addition to the above data, the b. p. (170 to 300 ) and the 

 solubility in alcohol (1:6 of 90 per cent, alcohol) of the oil distilled 

 from ripe and dried fruit are recorded. 



In the fractions boiling over 200 , which M. Delepine 2 ) examined 

 more closely, he proved the presence of dill apiol, possessing the follow- 

 ing constants: b. p. 294 to 295 (corr.) with slight decomposition, 

 157 to 158 (corr., at 13 mm.), d^° 1,1644, n i>25° i,5 2 778. Mol. refr. 

 found 59,20; calc. 58,28. For closer identification, Delepine prepared 

 the tribromo-compound, C 12 H 13 Br0 4 Br 2 , m. p. no°, and he also 

 converted the dill apiol into dill tsoapiol, m. p. 44 , by treating it with 

 sodium ethylate. From the latter combination the author, by oxidising 

 with iodine and mercuric oxide, obtained dimethoxy-2,3 -methylene- 

 dioxy-4, 5-hydratropa aldehyde, C 9 H 9 4 • CH (CH 3 ) CHO, a liquid 

 boiling at 189 (17 mm.) and possessing the following properties, viz., 

 d 1 ^- 1,2407, n D250 1,53191; mol.-refr. found 59,79, calc. 58,96; m. p. 

 of the oxime 102 , of the semicarbazone 148 . Oxidation with oxide 

 of silver yielded the corresponding acid C 9 H 9 4 « CH(CH 3 )»C0 2 H, 

 m. p. 1 19. 



As the oil contains about 40 to 6o°/ of dill apiol, Crithmum mari- 

 timum offers a cheap and rich raw material for the preparation of 

 dill apiol 3 ) which was hitherto difficult to obtain. 



Sandalwood Oil, East Indian. Business in this article has 

 been so extraordinarily brisk that in spite of the considerable enlar- 

 gement of our distilling plant we have at times hardly been able to 

 cope with the demand. 



The following table, showing the quantities of sandalwood sold in 

 last year's auctions and by tender in the State of Mysore, also the 



1 ) Direction not stated. 



2 ) Compt. rend. 149 (1909) 215. 



3 ) Report April 1903, 30; November 1908, 50. 



