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Similar experiments have been carried out with 

 the following aliphatic amidic acids : furmaranilic, 

 maleanilic, malanilic, tartranilic and oxanilic, but 

 in no case could a similar transformation into 

 the substituted imide be detected. Analogous 

 results were obtained by Bishop Tingle and Love- 

 lace for succinanilic acid.' It appears, therefore, 

 that this capacity for intramolecular condensa- 

 tion is a specific property of aromatic acids. The 

 chief products from the aliphatic acids appear 

 to be symmetrical or unsymmetrical diamides, 

 RNHCO . . . CONHR, and KNHCO • • • CONHR', 

 respectively. In the course of the work there has 

 been prepared a considerable number of hitherto 

 unknown salts and other derivatives of amines 

 and of the acids mentioned above. These will be 

 described later. In the case of the unsaturated 

 acids the amines form additive compounds with 

 great ease. The addition of the elements of the 

 amine, H and NHR, takes place at the position 

 of the double linkage. Experiments have also 

 been made on the interaction of aniline and some 

 acids of the itaconic series. 



Action of Nitranilines on Certain Organic Acids: 

 J. Bishop Tingle and C. E. Bukke. 

 In connection with the investigations of Bishop 

 Tingle and Blanck on the nitration of JT-acyl 

 derivatives of aniline," a study is being made of 

 the action of the isomeric nitranilines on certain 

 aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids. In addi- 

 tion to a number of salts which have not hitherto 

 been described, the authors have prepared sev- 

 eral new isomeric nitrophenylamidic (nitranilic) 

 acids, OiNCoHiNHCO • • • CO^H, nitrophenylamides 

 (nitranilides), O.NC.HuNHCO ... CONHC„H,NOj 

 and OjNCHiNHCO . • ■ CONHR, and nitrophenyl- 

 imides ( nitranils ) , 



—CO 

 —CO 



\nc„h,no,. 



The results of the investigation promise to furnish 

 some interesting data concerning the relationship 

 between the structure of the nitranilines and the 

 mode of their reactivity in this connection. 

 The following papers were reported by title: 



A Study of Hydrazino Compounds: Wm. McPheb- 

 SON and Howard J. Lucas. 



A General Method for Preparing the Pure Sul- 

 phates of Hydroooyaao Compounds: William 

 McPhebson and Cecil Boobd. 



' Am. Chem. J., 38, 642. 

 J. Amer. Chem. Soc, 30, 1395, 1587. 



Preparation and Oxidation of m-Nitrobenzoyl- 

 formaldehyde: Wm. L. Evans and B. J. WrrzE- 



MAUN. 



On Some Amino and Nitroamino Derivatives of 

 Benzoic, Metatoluio and Uetaphthalic Acids: 

 M. T. BoGEBT and A. H. KaoprF. 



On 2-methyl-3-amino-4-quinazolone and Certain of 

 its Derivatives : M. T. Boqeet and R. A. Gobt- 



NEB. 



On Oxalylanthranilio Compounds and Some Quin- 

 azoUnes Derived therefrom: M. T. Booebt and 



R. A. GOBTNEB. 



Stereoisomerio Nitrogen Derivatives — Chlorimido- 

 ketones: Julius Stieglitz. 



The Isolation of Some Further Organic Substances 

 from Soil Bumus: (1) Alpha-hydroxystearic 

 Acid, (2) Parafjinic Acid, (3) Liquid Fatty 

 Acids: Oswald Scheeinee and Edmund C. 

 Shobet. 



The Action of Molecular Silver and Silver Sul- 

 phate on Ortho-brominated Triphenyloarbinol- 

 chlorides: M. Gombeeg and L. L. Van Sltee. 



The Constitution of the Double Salts of Triphenyl- 

 carbinolhalides with Metal Halides: M. GoM- 

 bebg and L. P. Kyeiakides. 



Glycogen Content of Beef Flesh: P. F. Tbow- 

 beidge and C. K. Ebancis. 



The Barium Salts of Phthalic Acid: P. B. Allan. 



A Third Methyl Ester of Phthalic Acid: F. B. 

 Allan and C. G. Allin. 



The Preparation and Properties of Phthalyl Cy- 

 anide: F. B. Allan and C. H. Robinson. 



The Rearrangement of Tautomeric Salts: Sidney 

 Niedlingee. 



Researches on Quinazolines (24th paper). On 6- 

 methyl-f -aminoquinazolones, 7-nitroquinazolone- 

 6 carboxylic acids, and 1, 3, 7, 9-naphthotetra- 

 zines: M. T. Bogebt and A. H. Kbopff. 



Simple x-P Diglycerides : R. R. Renshaw. 



Choline, I.: R. R. Renshaw. 



Bactericidal Properties of Lecithin: R. R. Ren- 

 shaw and K. N. Atkins. 



Investigation of the Fruit of the Rose: Nicholas 

 Knight and Layton Gouldin. 



Molecular Rearrangements in the Camphor Series: 

 W. A. Notes, E. Goesline and Luthee Knight. 



Some Effects of Solvents containing Hydroxy 

 Groups on True Nitroso Compounds: Edwaed 

 Keemees. 



A Neiv Synthesis of Alkyl Halides: W. C. Absem. 



The Octanes: Nathan Claeke. 



B. E. Cuebt, 

 Press Secretary 



