Chemistry and Physics. 273 
; 
. reted hydrogen, and enter the liquid after separating the sulphid of 
tine. The boiling point rises gradually till it becomes constant at 198° ©; 
when the acid med, over as a colorless liquid, with a sour smell, resem- 
ig that of acetic a 
; es 
terms ethoxacetic acid. This acid is volatile without decomposition and 
u at a lower rahe than the corresponding methyl 
mpound. Its ae is CsHs 
ylate acts in a sinilar manner on monochloracetic acid. 
“oly formed in the reaction is an oily liquid which has the for- 
la Cig 
Phenylate of soda, under similar abate yields phenoxacetic 
as an oily liquid which crystallizes at a low temperature, and distil 
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phenyl alcohol employed contained benzalcohol, and that the 
iatontinc, as therefore a mixture of the homologous acids 
an 1sH1006, 
When the soda salts of organic acids are heated with monochloracetic 
of — is formed, and new organic bodies which the 
poses to study. It is easy to see that all the acids et a 
rica ie siiea wil yield similar new acids with the peroxyds of the 
very radicals homologous with hydrogen, and that in this manner a 
PS Jong “vo of w compounds may be obtained.—Journal Sir 
8, p. 174. 
— Accordi ding to Kolbe’s view, lactic acid is to be regiutded as 
: acid, in which one equivalent of HOSO> is replaced by one 
$0 that its rational formula is — H O2, Upon this 
. ® th °xacetic acid of Heintz must be identical with glycolic acid, 
<PPears not to be the case. The question. may arena be de- 
| upon 
ionic a tee ‘ought thus t yield lactic acid directly, since 
et 
_ SMsOIOsHO + Ont ==catt(1100)0s10-+10. 
acids may be more si mply regarded as derived from the formic 
“pe or oo ohiatt ms. 
No. 86.—MARCH, 1660, 
