Wood alcohol : a report on the chemistry, technology and pharmacology of and the legislation pertaining to methyl alcohol / by Charles Baskerville.

  • Charles Baskerville
Date:
1913
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Credit: Wood alcohol : a report on the chemistry, technology and pharmacology of and the legislation pertaining to methyl alcohol / by Charles Baskerville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Methyl Alcohol Occurs in the Distillate from Plants. It is doubtful whether methyl alcohol occurs in the free state in nature, although the methyl salts are contained in a variety of plants. Thus, methyl alcohol is contained in the steam distillate from meadow grass (16), in the distillation water from oil of cloves (17), from oil of caraway (18), from vetivier oil (19), from the oil of the fruit of Heracleum giganteum (20), and from the oil of tea from leaves of Tliea Chinesis (21). Methyl alcohol occurs also in the water distillate from the unripe fruit of Anthriscus cerefolium (22), from the oil obtained by distilling the leaves of Indigofera galegoides (23), from the oil of bay (24), and in the steam distillate from the root of Acorus calamus (25). According to Wolff (26), methyl alcohol is also found in the fermented juice of fruit, such as currants, plums, apples, cherries, grapes, etc. Esters of Methyl Alcohol Occur in Volatile Plant Oils. Methyl esters occur very frequently in volatile plant oils. Thus, methyl salicylate occurs in many plants, notably in oil of wintergreen from Gaultheria procumbens (27), etc. Methyl esters of the fatty acids occur in the fruits of various plants (28), and the methyl ester of anthranilic acid occurs in neroli oil from the flowers of the bitter orange and from the peel of the sweet orange (29). Methyl cinnamate occurs in the oil from the root, stems and leaves of various plants (30). The methyl ester of methyl-anthranilic acid occurs in mandarin oil and possibly in the oil of rue (31). The following acids have been found to be methyl esters: atraric acid, a product of the decomposition of ) Lieben, Monatsh., 19, 333. ) Sohimmel’s Bor.# Oct., 1896. ) Idem, Oot., 1899. . . , . . ) Id in, April, 1900. From the roots of Andropogon muncatus. ) Zincke and Franohimont, Bor., 822. ) Von Romburg, Sohimmol s Bor., April, 1897, April, 189S. ) Von^lio'mburg, Sohimmei’s Bor., Oct., 189/,, April, 1890. ) Sohimmel’s Bor., April, 1901. ) Sohnedormann, Ann., 41, 384. ^.) Foi^a^mpleto list of piants containing mathyl salioylato, seo Cahours, Ann., 48, 60; Sohimmeljs BorApril,ffnr)- Tiemann nn(1 Kruger, Bor., 80, 2075. lo) SoUmmol’s Bor., April1000;. April, 1800. (3lj wllbaum^j'. prakt. Ohem., (2), 68, 135: Charabot, Oompt. rend.. 136, 580: Sohlm-
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