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0.1556 gram of the oil gave 0.3651 gram CO2, and 0.1514 gram H2O. 



Calculated for CjHuCoHaOj. Found. 



C 64.60 64.00 



H 10.80 10.81 



When heated during several hours with alcoholic potash, the acetate 

 was converted into the alcohol which was separated from the solution 

 with salt. On account of the small quantity of the alcohol obtained, its 

 boiling point could not be raised above 117°-120° (bciling point of in- 

 active amyl alcohol 131°), although its composition corresponded to that 

 of amyl alcohol. 



0.1866 gram of the oil gave 0.4620 gram COo, and 0.2293 gram H2O. 

 0.1854 gram of the oil gave 0.4610 gram CO2, and 0.2315 gram H2O. 



Calculated for Found. 



CfilliiOH. I. II. 



C 68.18 67.51 67.81 



H 13.63 13.66 13.88 



At higher temperatures to 150°. the crude chlorine product could be 

 distilled without decomposition. Above this point the residue was dis- 

 tilled m vacuo, which reduced the boiling point to such an extent that 

 further distillation could be carried on under atmospheric pressure, 

 leaving only a very small residue above 150°, probably of substitution 

 products containing a larger number of chlorine atoms. 



At no point between 96° and 160° could a distillate be held constant, 

 except at 144°-145°. Here 5 grams collected after the fifteenth distil- 

 lation that distilled at 144°-146°, mostly at 145°, unSer 760 mm. and 

 with the mercury column wholly in the vapor. This oil proved on 

 analysis to have the composition required for dichlorpentane. 



I. 0.1309 gram of the oil gave 0.2055 gram CO.., and 0.0888 gram 



HoO. 

 II. 0.1976 gram of the oil gave 0.3993 gram AgCl. 



Found. 

 I II. 



42.84 

 7.54 



49.96 



A determination of the vapor density of this body gave a value corre- 

 sponding to dichlorpentane. 



