﻿CRYSTALLINE 
  CONSTITUENTS 
  OF 
  OPIUM. 
  361 
  

  

  These 
  numbers 
  correspond 
  very 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  formula 
  C 
  60 
  H 
  29 
  N0 
  9C 
  , 
  as 
  is 
  

   obvious 
  from 
  the 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  calculated 
  results 
  of 
  that 
  formula 
  given 
  abov 
  e 
  

   That 
  it 
  is 
  actually 
  different 
  from 
  Wohler's 
  opiammon, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  formula 
  is 
  

   C 
  40 
  H 
  in 
  NOj 
  6 
  , 
  is 
  very 
  obvious, 
  but 
  it 
  bears 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  relation 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  substance 
  is 
  derived 
  from 
  two 
  equivalents 
  of 
  opianic 
  acid 
  and 
  one 
  equiva- 
  

   lent 
  of 
  ammonia, 
  by 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  elements 
  of 
  four 
  equivalents 
  of 
  water 
  as 
  

   thus 
  represented 
  • 
  — 
  

  

  2 
  eq. 
  opianic 
  acid, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  C 
  40 
  H 
  20 
  2C 
  

  

  1 
  eq. 
  ammonia, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  H 
  3 
  N 
  

  

  C 
  40 
  H 
  2S 
  N 
  O 
  20 
  

  

  4 
  eq. 
  water, 
  .... 
  H 
  i 
  O 
  

  

  1 
  eq. 
  opiammon, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  C 
  40 
  H 
  19 
  N 
  lg 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  new 
  compound 
  is 
  derived 
  in 
  a 
  precisely 
  similar 
  manner 
  from 
  three 
  equi- 
  

   valents 
  of 
  opianic 
  acid 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  3 
  eq. 
  opianic 
  acid, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  C 
  g0 
  H 
  so 
  O 
  30 
  

   1 
  eq. 
  ammonia, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  H 
  3 
  N 
  

  

  G 
  6 
  o 
  H 
  33 
  N 
  O 
  30 
  

  

  4 
  eq. 
  water, 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  . 
  IT 
  4 
  i 
  

  

  1 
  eq. 
  teropiammon, 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  C 
  g0 
  H 
  29 
  N 
  26 
  

  

  Both 
  these 
  substances 
  may 
  therefore 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  nitriles 
  of 
  

   opianic 
  acid, 
  at 
  least 
  they 
  bear 
  to 
  the 
  opianates 
  of 
  ammonia 
  a 
  similar 
  relation 
  to 
  

   that 
  which 
  the 
  nitriles 
  hitherto 
  examined 
  do 
  to 
  the 
  ammonia 
  salts 
  from 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  obtained. 
  That 
  this 
  is 
  actually 
  the 
  constitution 
  of 
  teropiammon, 
  is 
  

   proved 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  potash, 
  which, 
  when 
  boiled 
  with 
  it, 
  produces 
  an 
  abundant 
  

   evolution 
  of 
  ammonia, 
  while 
  the 
  fluid 
  contains 
  an 
  acid, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  its 
  

   properties, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  an 
  analysis, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  details 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  under 
  

   another 
  head, 
  to 
  be 
  opianic 
  acid. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  consideration 
  of 
  this 
  constitution, 
  that 
  

   I 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  substance 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  teropiammon, 
  while 
  I 
  should 
  propose 
  that 
  of 
  

   Unopiammon 
  for 
  the 
  substance 
  described 
  by 
  Wohler, 
  reserving 
  that 
  of 
  opiam- 
  

   mon 
  for 
  the 
  corresponding 
  compound 
  derived 
  from 
  one 
  equivalent 
  of 
  opianic 
  acid 
  

   and 
  ammonia, 
  should 
  that 
  substance 
  be 
  discovered, 
  which 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  impro- 
  

   bable. 
  The 
  production 
  of 
  teropiammon 
  in 
  a 
  highly 
  acid 
  fluid 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  

   as 
  an 
  extremely 
  remarkable 
  phenomenon, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  which, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know, 
  we 
  

   have 
  no 
  similar 
  example. 
  It 
  is 
  obviously 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  secondary 
  decomposition, 
  

   produced 
  by 
  the 
  further 
  action 
  of 
  nitric 
  acid 
  on 
  narcotine, 
  which, 
  as 
  we 
  shall 
  

   immediately 
  see, 
  yields 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  curious 
  and 
  complex 
  products 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  

   has 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  quantity 
  obtained 
  was 
  largest 
  when 
  the 
  action 
  was 
  

   most 
  moderate, 
  at 
  least 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  succeeded 
  in 
  obtaining 
  it 
  more 
  abundantly 
  

   by 
  continuing 
  the 
  action 
  for 
  a 
  longer 
  time, 
  but 
  rather 
  the 
  reverse. 
  

  

  