498 M. Schiitzenberger on some New Salts. 
are substituted’ for the basic hydrogen, the metals, &. He 
has effected this by acting on salts with such compounds as 
chloride of iodine and iodide of cyanogen. The formation of 
acetate of iodine will illustrate this class of actions, which is sus- 
ceptible of great extension. 
C4 H8 NaO4 + IC] = NaCl+C* H3I 04. 
Acetate of | Chloride Acetate of 
soda. of iodine. iodine. 
These bodies, as may be expected, are endowed with special 
properties, and especially are very unstable. 
Anhydrous hypochlorous and acetic acids mixed in equivalents 
form a red mixture, which soon becomes decolorized. A slight 
excess of hypochlorous acid imparts to it a red tint, which is 
removed by heating the mixture to a temperature not exceeding 
30°. This body is the acetate of chlorme, C+ H? ClO*; its com- 
position is that of chloracetic acid, but it differs greatly in pro- 
perties. It dissolves immediately in water, producing hypo- 
chlorous and acetic acids, and explodes at 100°, with formation 
of chlorine, oxygen, and anhydrous acetic acid. Singularl 
enough it is attacked by mercury even in the cold, with libera- 
tion of chlorine, and formation of acetate of mercury and a little 
calomel— 
C* H® ClO*+ Hg =Cl+ C* H? Hg O*4,— 
Acetate of Acetate of 
chlorine. mercury. 
a curious instance of the replacement of chlorine by a metal. _ 
It dissolves iodine instantaneously without becoming coloured, 
and disengages chlorine; acetate of iodine is formed, a white 
crystalline solid isomeric with iodacetic acid. 
C* H® ClO* + T= C* H31I 04+. 
Acetate of Acetate of 
chlorine. iodine. 
Another mode of forming this body has been given above. It 
is decomposed at 100° into iodine, oxygen, and acetate of 
methyle. 
2(C* H 104) = I? + C? O44 C4 H8 (C? H3) Of. 
Acetate of Acetate of 
iodine, methyle. 
It is decomposed by water into iodic acid, iodine, and acetic acid. 
Butyrate of iodine is formed by the action of chloride of iodine 
on butyrate of soda. Acetate of bromine is obtained by the 
action of bromine on acetate of chlorine. 
Sulphur dissolves in acetate of chlorine with disengagement 
of chlorine; but the acetate of sulphur which forms is very un- 
stable, for it soon decomposes into anhydrous acetic acid, sul- 
