: Bonen in treating breshtytelied 9 wood ta a special 
or. R. eer. who points out the economical SEs of 
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Amer. chem. Soc. 89 (1917), 2671; exe ae October 1918, 117. — 
with organic solvents, whereby the water is expelled 
dissolved. Further particulars as to the necessary plant are to be 
from that oil. ‘ay 
On p. 148 of our Report 1917 we discussed | a paper Ae E. Boedtker a 
on the action of aluminium chloride on mixtures, of benzene a 
spruce furpentine. a waste seathiet of the “Sulghite process Os hala tae spru a 
paper pulp (irom Abies canadensis, Michx.), served. as “surce of toluene. — The 
through hot 10 per cent. caustic soda solution and then coadeneeas in the usual aN 
The crude turpentine oil was pale red, after condensation water-white. vu 
centrated sulphuric acid. Then the oil was shaken with water, ‘dried: over | 
chloride, and distilled over sodium; b. p. 177 to 177. sit, With ‘this ene WwW 
In Wheeler’s opinion, cumene must not be regarded asa waste ‘product 8 
may be oxidized to benzoic acid. 4 
that of the spruce, then of the balsam and hemlock fr 
For the purpose of identifying cymene Schorger recommends as 
method the preparation of cymene pee (via the aunt acid mel 
4) Chem. Ztg. 48 (1919), 4. — *) Bull. Soc. chim. IV. 19 (1916), 444. pee also A w. 
Bieber 1917, 74, 148. — 5), Journ. ind. ea Chemistry 10 (1918), 258 
The Volatile Oils, 2"4 ed., vol. I. p. 284. — « 
