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obtained as a semi-crystalline mass. The substance is 
insoluble in water, acids and alkalies. Insoluble in cold 
alcohol but quite soluble in hot. It is insoluble in 
acetone but soluble in benzole and ether. Melting point 
of the pure substance is 6B.5 to 65° C. 
Analyses of the substance gave the following results: 
I. .1006 gram of the substance gave .306 gram C0 2 and .127 gram H 2 0 
II. .1003 gram of the substance gave .304 gram C0 2 and . 1237 gram H 2 0 
III. .1522 gram of the substance gave .4621 gram C0 2 and. 1845 gram H 2 Q 
found . 
(I) (II) (HI) 
83. 82.75 82.78 C = 82.94 
14.104 13.74 13.47 H= 13.34 
Calculated for the formula C 30 H 57 OH. 
At this point the material which had been prepared was 
nearly exhausted and the work still to be completed. An 
attempt was made, however, to form esters with both acetyl 
chloride and benzoyl chloride. These would be expected 
to form readily in the case of a monatomic alcohol. No 
compound was obtained. The substance, after several 
hours treatment with either of these chlorides, now melted 
sharply at 61 degrees C, seemingly due to the removal of 
slight impurities by this treatment which had still per- 
sisted despite repeated purifications by other methods. 
It is not possible with the work so far done to conclude 
that this is or is not an alcohol, especially as it has been 
found difficult to form esters with the plytesterol of wheat 
oil by these methods. If the substance should ulti- 
mately prove to be only a paraffin, it would be interesting 
to have found that present in so large an amount in the 
vegetable kingdom. 
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