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With a view of obtaining a compound analogous to the body 

 C 7 H Ifi O 3 , in. which amyle should be introduced instead of ethyle, 

 dry amylate of soda was prepared, to three equivalents of which one 

 equivalent of chloroform was added, the liquid separated from the 

 precipitate and then distilled fractionally ; a large proportion of fusil- 

 oil was obtained, together with a small proportion of a body which 

 boiled at a high temperature, from 260 to 290 C., but chiefly from 

 260 to 270 ; the purification of this substance was not carried 

 further, as at each distillation a considerable portion was decomposed 

 even in an atmosphere of hydrogen, the small quantity of the liquid 

 available precluding any more attempts at distillation. 



