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 1688.    KAWAI, S., NOBORI, H. AND NOGUSHI, M.  Manufacture of Fatty Acids by the Oxidation of Paraffin.  VIII.  Composition of Fatty Acids From Oxidation of the Middle Fraction of Paraffin.  Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind. (Japan), vol. 45, 1942, pp. 1084-1085; Chem. Abs., vol. 43, 1949, p. 9029.

        Fatty acids obtained by oxidation of the middle fraction of shale-oil paraffin acid separation by distillation as Me esters included acids from catalytic to arachidic.  The yield of acids was 74-78%, mostly in the C₂₄-C₁₇ range.