“…Alkali.-Spruce lignin (67,84), or better the wood itself, subse quent to methylation with diazomethane, 90 minutes cooking with 70 per cent potassium hydroxide at 165 to 1700, methylation with dimethylsulphate, and oxidation with permanganate yields (calculated from lignin content) : 20 to 21 per cent veratric acid (XXIV), 6 to 12 per cent isohemipinic acid (XXV), 2 to 3 per cent dehydrodiveratric acid (XXVI), and traces of trimethylgallic acid.…”