158.    BAUER, W.  [Mersol.]  Seifensieder-Ztg., vol. 68, 1941, pp. 524-526; Chem. Zentralb., 1942, I, p. 1571; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 6370.

                  Mersol is a sulfonyl chloride of an alphatic hydrocarbon of the formula RSO₂Cl, which is made by the action of SO₂Cl or chlorosulfonic acid on paraffin gatsch.  It smells strongly of HCl and SO₂ and contains about 17-20% of unsaponification residues of hydrocarbons.  Its saponification number is approximately 390.  The saponification to Mersolate is carried out by pouring Mersol into alkali that is not warmer than 60°.  The concentration of the alkali plays in important role in the formation of the final product.  If the mersolate glue is thick, a large part of the salt precipitates.  If it is thin, the unsaponified part can be removed as a thin oil a few days later.  In practical operations a thick liquid is prepared first, and after the removal of the salt, it is diluted.  Contrary to soap glue, the Mersolate glue always remains fluid.  Numerical data are given for a saponification, and the processing of Mersolate to soaps and soap powders is described.

                  BAUGH, H. M.  See abs. 2804.