‘Ge a con fluid, witch pease gradi 
CH C- CH»: CHe:C(CH;):CHe. has the constitutional formula 
oe : Perillene assumes a -purple-r C 
ee: 0 | - bromine, which coloration changes : a 
A dihydroperillene was obtained by eduction (b. p. 182°, dio 0. 8852, ‘Tipzo 4 
the further fractions (100 to 120°, 5 per cent.; 120 to 130°, 9 per. cent.; 
6 per cent.; residue, 3l Ber cent.) another cee could be isla | 
Np 1.534, phenol content 89 per cent. “the oil is soluble in pean ‘of 10 per cent. 
alcohol. The phenols isolated from the oil had the boiling point 252 to 2539 (755, mm.) ia 
and consisted almost entirely of eugenol. With its good quality and high phenol content 
of the oil, it should find a ready sale for the preparation of eugenol, ‘isoeugenol and 
vanillin. A firm offered 14s. per lb., the same price as was lone paid ie pimento oil). iy 
Pine-needle Oils. One must reckon with a complet! taathies af ‘the pine- ridedies ? 
oil of Siberia—one of our most important raw materials before the war —on account: ; 
of conditions in Russia; and it is not yet to be seen whether one can | reckon on thi > 
article ever being imported again. (otal i Aa aaa 
_ Silver-Fir Oil was delivered by Thuringia and the Black Forest in sufficient pele 
tities; but the prices have reached such a height during to the dearth, that its employ 
ment for numberless purposes is out of the question. 
The production of Knee-Pine oil (Pinus Pumilio) has been more satiaginey e Ij 
for a number of new producers, encouraged by the high prices, have appeared 
various districts who have laid themselves out for the delivery of large quantities. 
Fir-cone Oil (Ol. Templinum) came from Switzerland in sufficient quantities, 
at very high prices on account of the rate of exchange; there in however a 
circle of buyers, who still use it in spite of its high price. ers re 
and there are still hopes that the Ol. pim silvestris which one has done: wi 
Xe) oe can again be regularly delivered. : 
both of which come from Pils silvestris, is has up to the BS the : 
contained ester been exactly determined. The supposition that bornyl 
present was confirmed by a thorough invesHeauan of Thor Ekecrantz” 
1) The designation ‘‘perillene’’ is deceptive since it jel one to the coueluaiat ‘that it is 
instead of a furfuran derivative. Probably Kondo named the substance “perillone’’, whic 5 
through a printer’s error. Cf. the designation of Semmler “Carlina oxide” for a similarly 
of carlene thistle oil, Report April 1906, 15; Oct. 1909, 36. sal y Cf. Report April 191 
Inst. 17 (1919), 297. — 4) Gildemeister aie Hoffmann, The Volatile Oils, (ane ed., vol. I 
Kgl. Vetenskaps akad. Nobelinst. 5 (1919) 1. As per Chem. Zentralbl. A019) IM. hier 
