291.    BONE, W. A., AND ALLUM, R. E.  Slow Combustion of Methane.  Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), vol. A134, 1932, pp. 578-591; Chem. Abs., vol. 26, 1932, p. 2697.

                  Results of this investigation and of that summarized in abs. 2445, demonstrate a case of direct hydrocarbon oxidation, entirely uncomplicated by any sign of peroxidation, in which the most reactive mixture is that corresponding with the alcohol-forming proportion; substantial quantities of MeOH have actually been isolated in circumstances favoring its stability and survival, that is, chiefly at high pressure.  The results fulfill the predictions of Bone’s hydroxylation theory.