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_Bromhydric Acid on the Acetate of Ethyl. 45 
of the acetate of ethyl to produce bromid of ethy] and acetic acid: 
Acetic acid. 
Acetate iL ra : ri T O Bromid of ethyl. 
C 
CH. Oo aR Se oo eee 
I was induced to try by direct experiment whether this latter 
reaction really takes place. * 
the acetate of prove that the reaction in question did not 
play any part in the formation of the acetic acid observed above. 
Bsperinent.—One equivalent of bromacetic acid in crystals, 
_a sealed tube to 180° during three hours; at the end of this 
_ time the greater part of the crystals had disappeared, and, on 
- distilling th 
_ bromacetic acid, a considerable quantity of an acid liquid dis- 
e contents of the tube, besides acetate of ethy] and 
tilling between 100° and 170° was obtained. This liquid was 
_ diluted with a large quantity of water, and the portion which 
_ did not dissolve was washed with a very dilute solution of caus- 
_ tic potash, and dried over chlorid of calcium; it began to distil 
_ at 80°, at which point a little acetate of ethyl passed over, the 
: he ay then rose rapidly, and remained constant between 
e limits, 156° to 158°, while the greater part of the liquid dis- 
An analysis of this latter portion gave :— 
Found. Theory, C,H,BrO,. 
<= 29-35 . - - 28°74 
H = 446 - - le 4°19 
® Quart. Journ. Chem. Soc., xi, 22. 
