5-4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



MUCOPHENOXYCHLORIC AdD. 



3£ucophenoxychloroxime, C 4 H 3 (0C 6 H 5 )C1N03. — This body is 

 formed by the action of either bydroxylaniine, or its hydrochlorate, 

 at ordinary temperatures upon mucoplienoxychloric acid. As in pre- 

 vious cases we used diluted methyl alcohol as a solvent. The oxime 

 began to crystallize almost immediately, and the separation was in a 

 short time complete. The material used in Analysis I. was pre- 

 pared by the action of the free base ; that in Analysis II. with the 

 hydrochlorate. 



I. 0.2025 grm. substance gave 0.1202 grm. AgCl. 

 II. 0.2137 grm. substance gave 0.1294 grm. AgCl. 



CI 



Mucophenoxychloroxime crystallizes in clustered needles, which 

 melt at 112-125°, according to the mode of heating. It dissolves 

 readily in alcohol or ether, but is insoluble in chloroform or benzol. 

 It is almost insoluble in cold water, dissolves somewhat more freely 

 on heating, and crystallizes out unchanged if the solution is quickly 

 cooled. On longer boiling it is decomposed, and the solution then 

 contains the acid ammonium salt of an acid which we have not yet 

 further examined. 



