AbstractsChemistry

The ozonization of unsaturated acids. : A course in industrial organic analysis. The characterization of mink oil. Special research project C.E.40.

by William Strathern. Weaver




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Chemistry.
Degree: PhD
Year: 1941
Keywords: Chemistry.
Record ID: 1557887
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile129839.pdf


Abstract

The present thesis is divided into a number of unrelated topics, due mainly to interruptions brought about by the war. The original purpose was to carry out an investigation on the ozonization of unsaturated organic acids with the object of establishing more evidence for possible constitutional relationships between ozonides and peroxides, the latter having been the subject of considerable research in the MeGill University laboratories. This investigation, which was cut short by the advent of war, was launched from two seemingly different points of attack. The first, based on the ozonolysis mechanism advanced by Harries and his coworkers, concerns itself with methods for the quantitative estimation of hydrogen peroxide liberated by the hydrolysis of ozonides in solution. The second, founded on physicochemical principles, deals with the variation of the refractive index during ozonization. Section II is an innovation when compared with dissertations presented under more normal conditions. It is the material compiled for a fourth year Honours course in Chemistry. This section has one part on the analytical testing of explosives to which particular attention is drawn in that it has been dealt with much more fully in accordance with its significance and importance to Honours Chemistry students at this time. The third section is the presentation of the results of a study of the characteristics of mink oil. The final main division may be classed as "War Work,- Secret".