70 growing importance of the alkyl phthalates and the possibility of using them as checks for identification of alcohols, as well as to study the type of melting point curve given by these derivatives. Pickard and Kenyonl and others have prepared monoesters of the secondary alcohols for use in resolving their racemic mixtures, and some of the metallic salts of the monoesters have been patented for use in synthetic resins, yet very few of the normal ...
