Heptyl alcohol from n-heptaldehyde

Set up a 1-litre three-necked flask with a mercury-sealed stirrer, a 500 ml. separatory funnel, and a double surface condenser to the upper end of which a drying tube (containing cotton wool or anhydrous calcium chloride) is attached (compare Fig.//, 7, 11). AU parts of the apparatus must be dry. Partially immerse the flask in a bath of water. Place 

---

Although the data of Layng and Youker4 were obtained in a bulb type of apparatus, they show the progressively increasing rate of oxidation of n-heptane, heptaldehyde, and heptoic add and the stability of n-heptyl alcohol to oxidation (Fig. 32). No alcohol was found in the products from n-heptane oxidation. 

---