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Introduction 1-2 



SECTION I. SYSTEMATIC . . 3 



Chapter I. Hydrocarbons 5-17 



Experiment Study I; Hydrocarbons from wood and coal, 

 7. Methane, 7. Occurrence, properties, constitution, 7, 8. 

 Structural formula, 8. Experiment Study II; Methane, 9. 

 Substitution, 10. Synthesis of higher hydrocarbons, 13. 

 Isomerism, 15, 



Chapter 11. Substitution Products of the Hydrocarbons 18-41 



Halogen compounds, 18. Chloroform, iodoform, carbon 

 tetrachloride, 18. Experiment Study III; Halogen sub- 

 stitution products, 19. Halogen ethanes, 19. Isomerism of 

 di-brom-ethane, 20. Cyanides and amines, 21. Cyanamide, 

 23. Calcium cyanamide, 23. Experiment Study IV ; Cyan- 

 ides, 25. Hydroxy substitution products or alcohols, 25. 

 Alcohol series, 26. Experiment Study V; Distillation of 

 alcohols. Fractional distillation, 26. Table I; Alcohol per 

 cent and specific gravity, 28. Methyl alcohol, 29. Experi- 

 ment Study VI; Methyl alcohol, 30. Ethyl alcohol, 31. 

 Experiment Study VII; Ethyl alcohol, 31. Alcoholic fer- 

 mentation, 32. Enzymes, zymase, 33. Experiment Study 

 VIII ; Alcohohc fermentation, 34. Diastase, 34. Absolute 

 alcohol, 36. Alcoholic beverages, 36. Industrial uses, 37. 

 Taxation, 37. Denatured alcohol, 38. Higher alcohols, 39. 

 Experiment Study IX; Amyl alcohol, 40. Polyhydroxy 

 alcohols, 40. Glycol, 40. Glycerol, 41. Higher poly- 

 hydroxy alcohols, 41. 



Chapter HI. Oxidation Products of Alcohols . . . 42-53 



Aldehydes, 42. Formaldehyde (formalin), 43. Acetalde- 

 hyde, 44. Aldehyde reactions ; addition compoimds, oximes, 



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