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we must refer to the original paper. The results finally reached 
showed that under the circumstances the products of the decom- 
position were— 
benzoic acid, 
Bromanil, 
ucine, 
Bromoform Malamic acid (?) Leucimid, 
Bromacetic acid, Asparagic acid, Le 
fi 
Carbonic acid, Oxalie acid, Capronie ‘acid, 
Tribromamido- 
together with some ammonia and humus-like substances. Tyrosin 
was not found in any case; but the authors suggest that it was 
converted by the action of bromine into bromanil. The products 
Mulder. The action of bromine upon the proteine bodies, 
that of other agents of decomposition, yields two classes of pro- 
ducts—those which belong to the fatty and those which belong to 
der Chemie und Pharmacie, clix, p. 304, pelo 
3. On the products of the reduction of silicie ether and some of 
tts derivatives.—LapENpure has studied the action of zinc-ethy! 
and sodium upon silicic ether. The first product of the reduction 
is the silico-propionic ether of Friedel and Ladenburg, Si€,H, 
(9€©2H,),. When this is repeatedly treated with zinc-ethyl and 
sodium, a second product is B ere which has the formula 
Si(€,H,),(0-©,H,).. es 
The density of this liquid is 0-8752 at 0° C., and its boiling point 
155°°5. The author terms it silicium diethyl-keton-ether. It 1s 
in the air, insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and 
ain 
Ing with chloracetyl or chlorbenzoyl the ethyl groups are ex- 
2 i et Pie ether is formed. Thus 
__ Si(€,H,), (9 €,H,),42€,H, OCI=Si(€,H;),Cle+ 
Beet 2(€,H,0.0€,H,). 
