VUl CONTENTS. 



EXPERIMENTS OF MILLER AND HOFER. 



(1) Glycolic acid Ordinary lactic acid Sarco-lactic acid 



a-Oxy-butyric acid a-Oxy-isobutyric acid Tartaric acid 

 Hydracrylic acid /S-Oxy-butyric acid PhenyU/3-lactic 

 acid Methyl-glycolic acid Mandelic acid Glyceric acid 

 Phenyl-glyceric acid Malic acid Racemic acid 

 Ethyl-tartaric acid 31-33 



(2) Electrosy ntheses : Butyric ethyl ester Succinic ethyl ester 



Capronic and isobutyl-acetic ethyl esters Ethyl alco- 

 hol Ethyl esters of propionic, butyric, and valeric acids 

 Ethyl-succinic ester. [<r-Methyl-hydrocinnamic ester, 

 Dibenzyl-succinic ester.] 34~35 



Monobasic oxy-acids. [Mandelic acid Hydrobenzoin, Iso- 



hydrobenzoin.] Formation of aldehydes 35~36 



Oxy-acids /7-Iodo-propionic acid Nitro-ethane 37 



ELECTROSYNTHESES OF BROWN AND WALKER. 



Formation of di-esters of dibasic acids. Succinic acid 

 Adipic acid Suberic acid Sebasic acid n-Dodecane- 

 dicarboxylic acid n-Decahexane-dicarboxylic acid 37-38 



Disubstituted acids : Dimethyl-succinic acids Diethyl-suc- 

 cinic acids Tetramethyl-succinic acid Methyl-acrylic 

 acid Ethyl-crotonic acid. [Campholytic acid Campho- 

 thetic acid Allocampholytic acid Laurolene.] 38-42 



Electrolysis of ethyl-potassium malonate and fumarate 42 



ELECTROSYNTHESES OF MULLIKEN AND WEEMS. 



Ethane-tetracarboxylic ester Ethane-hexacarboxylic ester 

 Tetracetyl-ethane Diacetyl-succinic ester Dimethyl- 

 ethane-tetracarboxylic ester Diethyl-ethane-tetracar- 

 boxylic ester Diacetyl-succinic ester - 42-43 



Electrolysis of Acid amides 43~44 



2. Cyanogen Compounds. 



Cyanogen Hydrocyanic acid, electrolysis and electrosyn- 

 thesis of Potassium cyanide Potassium ferrocyanide 

 Potassium ferricyanide- Sodio-nitro-prusside Prussian 

 blue , , 44-46 



Reduction of nitriles Aceto-nitrile n-Propio-nitrile. [Aro- 

 matic nitriles Benzo-nitrile Benzyl-cyanide.] 46-47 



