2093.     LEMAIRE, E.  [Synthesis of Fatty Acids by Catalytic Oxidation of Heavy Hydrocarbons; Their Application to the Manufacture of Soap and Edible Fats.]  Génie civil, vol. 115, 1939, pp. 413-417; British Chem. Abs., 1940, B, p. 263.

        Manufacture of soap and butter from coal consists of making fatty acids by oxidation of heavy saturated paraffins obtained in the Fischer synthesis and then saponifying them to yield soap.  A general survey is given of the constitution and properties of the fats and acids, and the process is traced by means of a flow diagram.  The application of the synthetic fatty acids to the production of edible fats is said to have been accomplished, but no details are given of the method or its cost.

        LEONTOWITSCH, W.  See abs. 1572.

        LEPERSON, M.  See abs. 2889.

        LEPETIT, G.  See abs. 3052, 3053.

        LERNER-STEINBERG, B.  See abs. 3579.