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O.C 2 H ft 



/O.C.H. /O.C,H 6 \ 



2CS = CS CS 



\S- \S S/ 



Dimethyl-dithiocarbamic Acid. According to Schall ' 

 the electrolysis of the potassium salt of dimethyl- 

 dithiocarbamic acid resulted in the formation of tetra- 

 ethyl-thiuram disulphide, 



[CS.N(C,H.),],S,. 



Thiophene. This compound under the influence of 

 the electric discharge absorbs as much as 8.6$ of its 

 own weight of nitrogen, (C 4 H 4 S) 2 N being formed 

 (Berthelot 3 ). 



1 Ztschr. f. Elektroch., 3, 83. 

 * Ann. chim. phys., n, 35. 



