Studies of waxes. X. The diols of carnauba wax

Abstract

Four α-ω-diols have been isolated from the unsaponifiable fraction of carnauba wax and identified as n-docosane-1,22-diol, n-tetracosane-1,24-diol, n-hexacosane-1,26-diol, and n-octacosane-1,28-diol.