402 Drushel and Brandegee — Hydrochloric Acid in the 







Table III. 











Cyan-acetic Ester. 



Nitrogen, 12 -39$. 





Weight 

 taken 

 grm. 



In 



furnace 



hours 



Tempera- 

 ture 



Nitrogen 

 found 

 gram. 



Nitrogen 

 theory 

 grm. 



Error 

 grm. 



0-2920 



3 



180°-210° 



0-0342 



0-0371 



— 0-0029 



0-2565 



*i 



it 11 



0-0305 



0-0318 



-0-0013 



0-2862 



a 



a n 



0-0337 



0-0354 



— 0-0018 



0-2765 



a 



a a 



0-0323 



0-0342 



— 0-0019 





a- 



-Cyan -propionic Ester. Nitrogen, 



11-03$. 





03156 



n 



180°-2I0° 



0-0342 



0-0348 



— 0-0006 



0-3448 



a 



u tt 



0-0377 



0-0380 



— 0-0003 



0-2404 



3 



180°-190° 



0-0274 



00275 



-o-oooi 



0-2561 



a 



180°-200° 



0-0282 



0-0282 



o-oooo 







a -Cyan -butyric Ester. Nitrogen, 



9-93$. 





0-2743 



H 



l80°-220° 



0-0270 



0-0272 



-0-0002 



0-2296 



a 



a a 



0-0227 



0-0225 



+ 0-0002 



0-2394 



u 



180°-215° 



0*0238 



0-0237 



+ 0-0001 



0*2784 



« 



it a 



0-0280 



00276 



+ 0-0004 





n-Dipropyl-oyan-acetic Ester. Nitrogen, 7*26$. 





0-2312 



n 



180°-215° 



00163 



0*0167 



— 0-0004 



0-2181 



(b 



a a 



0-0155 



0-0158 



— 00003 



0-2692 



it 



180°-210° 



0-0193 



0-0195 



— 0-0002 



0-3190 



a 



u u 



0-0229 



0-0231 



— 0-0002 



required to decompose one fifth of a gram at a temperature of 

 about 200°. Even with 5 craS of concentrated hydrochloric acid 

 the decomposition was incomplete at the end of three hours ; on 

 the other hand, 2 cm3 of acid were sufficient when the heating 

 was continued for three and a half hours. Apparently the 



Table IV. 

 Acetonitrile. Nitrogen, 34'16$. 



Weight 



In 





Nitrogen 



Nitrogen 





taken 



furnace 



Tempera- 



found 



theory 



Error 



grm. 



hours 



ture 



gram. 



grm. 



grm. 



0*1384 



H 



180°-210° 



0-0467 



0-0463 



-0-0004 



0-1860 



it 



u u 



0-0635 



0-0636 



—o-oooi 



0-1184 



n 



ti tt 



0*0401 



0-0404 



— 0-0003 



0-1533 



2 



a tt 



0-0533 



0-0533 



o-oooo 







Propionitrile. 



Nitrogen, 25 



•46. 





0-2349 



n 



I80°-210° 



0-0602 



0-0598 



+ 0-0004 



0-1629 



wi 



180°-220° 



0-0421 



0-0415 



+ 0-0006 



0-1874 



It 



<.» a 



0-0484 



0-0477 



+ 0-0007 



0-1803 



ti 



n a 



0-0463 



0-0459 



+ 0-0004 



