All melting points were taken with a Bureau of Standards Thermometer and are corrected. Nitration of 3-Pentadecylphmol.-To 20 g. of 3-pentadecylphenol dissolved in 75 cc. of chloroform in a 250-ml. beaker was added 1.2 equivalents (5.3 g.) of 90% nitric acid (d. 1.52) dropwise with stirring and cooling with a: ice-bath. The temperature was maintained at 5-10 during the ten minutes of addition of acid: and the stirring was continued for twenty ...
