n. Esters or salts of abietic acid, a principal constituent of ordinary rosin from which the products of commerce are derived, no attempt being made to separate abietic acid from the other acids which rosin is likely to contain. Metallic abietates, as such, are rarely encountered under this name but generally as resonates. Esters of rosin, however, are commonly described as abietates and not as resonates. For example, methyl abietate (Trademark – Abalyn), a mixture of the methyl esters of the rosin acids. C19H29COOCH3. The article of commerce is colorless to yellow, almost odorless, thick liquid. D20 20 1.040 bp 360–365°F with decompn. nD201.530. Flash pt 180–218°C. Insoluble in water, miscible with usual organic solvents, also with aliphatic hydrocarbons. Dissolves ester gums, rosin, many synthetic resins as well as ethyl cellulose, rubber, etc., bp 360–365°F with decomposition; use as a solvent for ester gums, rosin, many synthetic resins, ethyl cellulose, rubber, etc.; in the...
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(2006). Abietates. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30160-0_23
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