An easy and swift method for soap manufacture through the saponification reaction of oils and fats, in the presence of different organic compounds (o-cresol, I enaphthol, 2,5 dimethyiphenol), which act as catalyst, has been studied under ambient conditions of temperature. o-Cresol, m-cresol, Ienaphthol and 2,5-dimethyiphenol showed 50-70 % reduction of reaction time for saponification, while 2-nitrophenol did not show any catalytic activity.


J I KHAN ,C M ASHRAF ,B KHALID ,L LIAQUAT ,