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      1063.  HIRSCH, S.  Oxidation of Paraffinic Hydrocarbons.  United States Patent 2,391,236, Dec. 18, 1945; appl. filed Aug. 25, 1943, Serial No. 500,005; 17 claims (Cl. 260-451).  Chem. Abs., vol. 40, 1946, p. 1866.

            Paraffinic hydrocarbons of high molecular weight are oxidized to fatty acids in a 4-stage process comprising (1) heating the paraffin to liquefy it, but not to a temperature about 150º; (2) intimately admixing with the liquid paraffin catalytic amounts of a heavy metal soap and a metal persalt, the latter at least being carried by an emulsion of H₂O, a H₂O-soluble soap, and an oleaginous material consisting of a fat or fatty acid; (3) dispersing through the emulsion a gas containing O₂ and a minor amount of moisture; and (4) separating the products.  When using normally solid hydrocarbons, the final products and fatty acids are white and have the consistency, color, odor, and ease of saponification of coconut-oil fatty acids.

            HIRSCHBECK, J.  See abs.  944, 944a, 945.

            HOCHSCHWENDER, K.  See abs. 1946, 1947.