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compare it with that of the copper-zine couple. They also trieé 
copper-hydrogen and carbon-hydrogen. They find a close analogy 
a 
occluded hydrogen differs from that of ordinary hydrogen, or (3) 
that the increased power of the hydrogen is due to its condensed 
authors incline to the opinion that the activity of nascent hydro- 
gen is due only to its occluded condition.—/. Chem. Soc., xxxiil, 
306, Aug., 1878. G. F. B. 
4. On the Action of Nitrous acid on Unsaturated Hydrocar- 
and N,O.. Thus furfurbutylene gives a beautifully crysta!lized 
compound C,H,,O.N,O,, phenylbutylene gives C,,H,,.N,O,, an 
styrol, totylbutylene, anethol and amylene give similar bodies. 
n reduction, these bodies give bases which contain in the place 
of the N,O, group, an amido and an hydroxyl group. us the 
furfurbutylene compound affords a well crystallized hydrochlorate 
C,H,,O.OH.N H,.HCl, and the phenylbutylene compound gives 
HCL i i 
8 1 
0-¢ 
pound, and the nitrous ether into an aleohol.— Ber. Berl. Chem. 
