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CsHuNOs, HCI4-PtCls, The formation of these bases is indicated by 
the equations— 
3C4H402+- N H3=(CsH02)sHsN=—Ci2H15sN 06 
2C4H102-+-N Ha=(C4H402)2H3N=CsHiN Os. 
These results may perhaps lead to the discovery of the true constitution 
of the complex organic alkaloids containing oxygen. They appear to 
show that Berzelius’ view that the alkaloids are conjugates of ammonia 
may be true in some cases at least— Comptes Rendus, xlix, 898. 
7. On a new series of Alcohols—Wunrtz has also found that oxyd of 
ethylene unites with water to’ form new alcohols which he terms di- 
ethylene and triethylene alcohols. The reactions involved are represented 
simply by the equations— 
CsHs02+2HO=—C4H604. Glycol. 
CaHs02+-2HO=CsH1006, Diethylene-alcohol. 
3C4Hi02+2HO=Ci2Hu0s. Triethylene-alcohol. 
Oxyd of ethylene also unites directly with glycol so as to form the diethy- 
lene and triethylene alcohols. The equations are 
2C4+H102-4+-CaHoO1—=Ci2H140e, 
CaH402-+-CsHeOs—CsHi00e. 
All these substances behave like alcohols. The diethylene alcohol was 
also geet by Lourengo and called by him the intermediate ether of 
yeo. 
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arisen partly from the intrinsic difficulty of the subject and partly 
from its expansion in particular directions in a very unexpected manner. 
A brief sketch of the results already obtained—imperfect as they are— 
may perhaps interest you 
The osmium-base of which Dr. Genth and myself published a brief 
i e type of a 
al. 
sic acid, They are more stable in the prese 
eae ht and give crystalline double salts w 
atinum. : 
ese however are not the only or even the most remarkable basic 
fompounds which I have discovered. Many of 
8 already described are capable of forming new base vt 
agg enters either as a conjugate body or as replacing hy sf 
1&0, for instance, osmite of potash is added to a solution of the chlo- 
Mot pallad-diamin, 2NHs. PdCl, a yellowish brown solution is formed 
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