SYNTHESIS OF THE ORGANIC MINERAL EVENKITE

Abstract

The synthesis of an analogue of the organic mineral evenkite included preparation of a mixture of ten individual molecular homologues of normal paraffin C n H2n + 2 (n = 19–28), melting of this mixture, and subsequent slow cooling under controlled conditions. The symmetrical distribution of these homologues by the number of carbon atoms in the molecule (dominant homologue n = 23) and the X-ray pattern of synthesized evenkite—a ten-component solid solution of n-paraffins—correspond to the characteristics of natural evenkite.