151.    BASHKIROV, A. N., AND CHERTKOV, I. B.  [Oxidation of High-Molecular-Weight Synthetic Paraffin.]  Bull. aca. sci. U.R.S.S., Sec. Tech. Sci., 1947, pp. 817-824.

                  Paraffin obtained by the Fischer-Tropsch reaction (molecular weight, about 1,000) was oxidized with air in the liquid phase to obtain fatty acids.  Results of investigation of various factors are charted and tabulated.  They show a maximum yield (55%) at 115°-120° with 0.2 permanganate and 8-hr. reaction time.  The various acids separated and identified, ranged from CH₂O to the C₂₀ acid, distribution being fairly uniform.