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which must be formed in the reactiou,* is very stable, just as is the 

 case with ethoximformylchloride mentioned above, and therefore it is 

 split chiefly into a benzylhydroxylamine, formic acid, and potassic 

 chloride. 



In the above work on bivalent carbon, which will be continued in 

 various directions, I have been assisted with great skill and with 

 remarkable perseverance by Dr. M. Ikuta, to whom I wish also here 

 to express my warmest thanks. 



* Ana. Chem. (Lieblg), CCLXX. 308. 



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