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[ Possibly the sate Fe ad compounds above described may be an 
amid of one of the acids into which the malic is so readily transformed 
by heat—but as the ie rid of malic acid is known, this aci naps woul 
be the anhydrid of aspartic acid. 
17. Stibethyle ; by C. Lowie and E. Scuweirzer. _The are 
decomposed ** iodid of ethyl’’ by the alloy of caveats - 6 ascii 
formed according to Serullas’ process by igniting antim 
of tartar. The decomposition is violent, and the hee stibethyle, is is 
spontaneously inflammable—hence numerous precautions are required 
< 
Bast soon lose all claim to that title. 
Stibethyle seems to form a fine again salt with nitric attr. but 
the property of forming a salt with an acid has never been claimed as 
belonging to radicals, but to their o Prey “ 
e following view of the Siiecstiich of this substance seems to be 
probable, and with due respect to its able and distinguished he saa 
we consider it as highly remarkable. 
Antimony like phosphorus belongs to the nitrogen class a forms 
sidfcnaay although this. expression is us Sb.H, b-ammonia, 
can take the plac H,. In the compound bare of Wurtz, 
that of the caproic series would be gN ibethyle is then 
caproamine, in which antimony takes the place of nitrogen. 3 a 
taneous inflammability of the new substance is owing to the presence 
of antimony, which in its relations to oxygen differs from nitrogen. . ‘ 
Wertheim has eh that by the action of hydrate of hits a. 4 
tine yields ©; H, N, or the compound ge of the metacetjc se 
ties. We add a hula view of the known a amare, o 
named according to the series to which ey belong. &®. ae 
Discovered by eh CME fe 
Hydric,» — - 3 H,N —— item S. ‘ 
La aati Ce H, N- * Gs by as 
Acetic, oe : t 
Metacetic, as a . he el 
Butyric, © «>. “G,H,,N Anderson. 2 . a 
alefic, ©. a. : “C,.HLN urtz. a 
Caproin, 279. = Cra Bis SP _Laowig and Schweitzer, ae 
3 ae Oe 3 Ss s «G. Gs s. " oy ae 
18. Action of Nit itric Acid on 
Pharm. et de Chem., Jan., 
der amend throsin. 
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