Abstract
Leaf wax of Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa ENDL.) was saponified, alkanes alone were extracted from its neutral component, and submitted to low-pressure distillation. Its distillate of a mixture of comparatively lower alkanes was submitted to gas chromatography and 11 kinds of alkane were detected. Six of these were found to be n-pentadecane, n-hexadecane, n-heptadecane, n-octadecane, n-nonadecane, and n-eicosan, and remaining five were assumed to be isoalkanes.
