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 | | To prepare it olive oil is saponified with potash, and lead acetate added; the lead salts are separated, dried, and extracted with ether, which dissolves the lead oleate; the solution is then treated with hydrochloric acid, the lead chloride filtered off, the liquid concentrated, and finally distilled under diminished pressure. |
 | | Oleic acid is a colorless, odourless solid, melting at 14 and boiling at 223 (10 mm.). |
 | | Linoleic acid, CisH32O2, found as glyceride in drying oils, and ricinoleic acid, Ci8H33(OH)O2, found as glyceride in castor oil, closely resemble oleic acid. |
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