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SINCE the structures and classical methods of synthesis of the aliphatic hydrocarbons serve as an admirable introduction to systematic organic chemistry, it is perhaps natural that these early chapters should besoon ignored and then forgotten. In those countries, however, fortunately endowed with natural sources of liquid hydrocarbons, their chemistry has become a subject of vital technical and national importance, whilst countries which have to rely on imported or synthetic products are even more dependent on methods by which cheapness of production and economy inutilization of fuels of high octane number or of lubricants can be achieved.
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RIDEAL, E. Hydrocarbons in Industry. Nature 143, 788–789 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143788a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143788a0