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June 28. All day studying further the furfurol situation Very heavy and sultry weather Maximilian Toch here for supper.
June 29. Paid City taxes. Car sent away to be completed with fenders detachable rims etc. Very sultry day. Called up [[underlined in red]] Shrimpe [[/underlined in red]] to order him execute following experiment. [[strikethrough]] 2 moles of furfurol [[/strikethrough]] 1 mole of furfurol to react upon 2 moles of phenol in presence of catalytic agent for inst. HCl. to produce a diphenol compound similarly to reaction of 
CH3-C^[[=O]]-H
upon phenol which gives the dioxydephenylethan 
Shrimpe announces to me
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that he has succeeded in obtaining an [[underlined in red]] "admirable" [[/underlined in red]] resin in reacting directly with [[underlined in red]] C2H2 upon phenol in presence of Hg. [[/underlined in red]] 
I told to Townsend about it also to Kirk Brown in presence of George Roll 
At office with Kirk Brown till nearly 6 P.M. 
Then went to Chemists Club to attend to dinner of Chemical Exposition Advisory Committee
June 30. Here all day. Afternoon drove to New Rochelle Yacht Club where met Nutting [[strikethrough]] Briese [[/strikethrough]] Breese and other members of Cruising Club of America about to sail in Ocean Race for Brooklyn Yacht Club Cup. Went aboard the Malabar

Transcription Notes:
Furfural is a heterocyclic aldehyde