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Theory. 
Experiment. 
Carbon 
14*77 
14*97 
Hydrogen 
1*23 
1*52 
Chlorine 
65*54 
65*14 
Nitrogen 
8*61 
8*59 
Oxygen 
9*85 
— 
100*00 
The same body is got by using aqueous ammonia ; the decompo- 
sition taking place according to the following equation : — ■ 
C 6 C1 6 0 2 + nh 3 = c 4 ci 3 o 2 nh 2 + C 2 H Cl a 
Hexachlor. Acetone. Chloracetamide. Chloroform. 
The products of decomposition with ammonia are therefore the 
same as those obtained when this alkali acts on the chlorinated 
ethers and aldehydes. I got a similar result with potash, which 
differs from the experience of Plantamour, who found the salt of a 
new acid which he names Bichloroxalic Acid. On dissolving the oil 
in alcoholic potass, it became warm and deposited chloride of potas- 
sium ; and the alcoholic mother liquor, when left to spontaneous eva- 
poration, gave long silky needles containing 53*08 per cent, chlorine. 
This agrees exactly with trichloracetate of potass, which contains 
52*85 per cent, chlorine. The decomposition being evidently 
C 6 Cl 6 0 2 + KO HO = c 4 Cl, KQ, + c 2 H Cl, 
Hexachlor. Acetone. Trichloracetate Potas. Chloroform. 
The paper in which these crystals were pressed when heated with 
water gave a solution which abundantly reduced nitrate of silver, 
showing the presence of formic acid from the further decomposition 
of the chloroform by the alcoholic potass. 
It seemed to me probable that, by treating ethylate of soda with 
the oil, a decomposition would ensue in which a homologue of chloro- 
form would be obtained, the ethyl replacing the hydrogen in this 
body. The decomposition, however, turned out differently. A 
considerable quantity of trichloracetic ether was produced, easily 
recognised by its fragrant peculiar odour, and among other bodies, 
chloroform and common salt. 
The remainder of my material was expended in one or two preli- 
minary experiments on its action on the volatile organic bases. It 
