Several ions in the mass spectra of wax esters were related to the molecular structures. Assigned structures of ions were confirmed by deuterium labeling. A simple, direct method for quantititive analyses of mixtures was developed. The method involved a comparison of sets of three ions, RCO2H(+), RCO2H2 (+) and [R'-1](+) from all compounds in the mixture. The method was found applicable for mixtures of unsaturated wax esters after reduction with tetradeuterio hydrazine.

Saturated, monoenoic and dienoic wax esters, C26−C40, have been synthesized from even‐numbered fatty alcohols and acids. In homologous series of saturated esters, the increments of melting points follow a regular trend except for those esters which have an acid moiety two carbon atoms shorter than the alcohol moiety. These wax esters have melting points higher than interpolation would predict. Monoenoic wax esters with the double bond in the alcohol chain have melting points about 10 C higher than their isomers with the double bond in the acid chain.