3018.     SALVI, G.  [Synthetic Fatty Acids From Paraffin.]  Riv. combustibili, vol. 2, 1948, pp. 221-230; Fuel Abs., 1949, abs. 2932.

        Oxidation with air or air-O₂, generally in the presence of KMnO₄, was applied on a large scale in Germany for the purpose of working up the gatsch residue from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and low-temperature carbonization and producing useful products and artificial fatty acids.  The methods are described briefly.  The lower fractions, C₄-C₉, were used as plasticizers, the medium fractions, C₁₀-C₁₅, for soaps, and the higher range, C₁₈-C₂₀, for lubricants.  A portion of the C₁₀-C₁₈ fraction was used for manufacturing triglycerides to make up the shortage of natural fats.  These artificial triglycerides with odd number of C atoms were regarded as very suitable ingredients for the diet of diabetics as they are converted to propionic acid and, finally, to CO₂ and H₂O and do not raise the acetone content of the blood above the limit of tolerance as the natural triglycerides do.

        ----------.  See abs. 2560.

        SALZER, F.  See abs. 938.