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the products being phosphenylous chloride and phosphoryl! chlo- 
ride. In the second case 
C,H;,PO(OH) H-++(PCI,),.=C, H,POCI,+ POCI,+ PCl,+ (HCl) 
the products now being phosphenylous oey an onde, phosphoryl 
ide. Ex I 
chloride, and pbosphorous chlor xperiment entirely con- 
firmed the latter view. In the case now of p ‘ep hotte acid 
itself, the products given when it is acted on by phospheny] tetra- 
q 
cease: P(OH),+(C,H SPI) =P Cl, +(C,H ;POCI,), +(HCl),. 
In the second case, the reacti 
OPH(OH),.+(C,H PCl),=POCI,+( (POCI,C,H;).+ 
C,H;PCl,+(HCl);. 
The rose: tea acid was prepared by acting on the chloride 
with water, and was treated with the tetrachloride in a flask. 
Phosphoryl chloride, ee no phosphorous chloride, was formed. 
The fraction of the distillate boiling above 220° ave, when 
treated see water, phosphenylous and phosphenylic acids, thus 
proving the presence of the corresponding chlorides  POCI, C,H, 
and PCl,C,H,;. The authors believe, therefore, that the formula 
OPH(OH), represents the true constitution ee ee ~~ 
— Ber. Berl. Chem. Ges., vii, 1688, Dec 
5. On the Production “of Gabndticcsts “Acid yi Parncatettiod - 
Maty some time ago showed that, under the influence of the 
lactic acid. The fe in this case is a product of the dead 
tissue, since the living mucous me ne P effect 
this conversion. Since that time, the author has observed that 
acid remain free in the d. wo rous maiz plants, ‘i 
or 5 decimeters high, grown in his well-known solution and we 
rooted, were immersed in c.c. of this solution, to whic 
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