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tetrabromide, which when treated with the alcoholic potash gives 
tetrabromfurfuran. This result is especially interesting because 
these two last bodies are derivatives of Limpricht’s so-called 
tetraphenol. , 
Professor Hill with Mr. E. K. Srevens has also studied the 
e 
action of alkalies upon mucobromie acid. Professor Hill on 
nection wit cKsON, had previously found that a large 
excess of an alkaline hydrate decompose ucobromic acid in 
, but on boiling oxalic and: carbonic acids are formed. 
Professor Hill and Mr. Stevens do not feel warranted at present 
Masery obtained y dichlordibrompropionic acid by 
i i the action of 
re 
onic acids respectively. By the addition of chlorine to eee: A 
. ry * Yhlo- 
Z ; 
chlordibromacrylic acid the elements of hydrobromic acid 
we 
removed from the chlortribrompropionic acid by the action 
