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sodium salt thus formed the acid was fractionated from a 
retort by adding successively five drops of sulphuric acid. 
From the first four distillates silver salts were obtained 
which furnished the following results on analysis. 
Found. Calculated for silver acetate. 
(1) 59-36 per cent, silver. 64-67 per cent, silver. 
(2) 66-63 „ „ „ „ „ 
(3) 64-13 „ „ „ ,, „ 
(4) 64-66 „ „ „ „ „ 
The non-agreement of No. 1 with the calculated results was 
owing to the fact that the salt was very impure and un- 
crystalline, nor could I succeed in purifying it by recrystal- 
lization. From distillates No. 2 and 4 similar results were 
obtained from salts, which crystallized from the mother 
liquors. A second series of experiments, in which a weaker 
oxidizing solution was employed, also yielded carbonic and 
acetic acids as the products of oxidation. It is of interest 
that the hexyl iodide, which was obtained from hexylene 
pseudoxide, and the boiling point of which resembled that 
of Wanklyn’s |3 liexylic iodide, yielded carbonic and acetic 
acids as oxidation products, while the (3 iodide yields on the 
other hand butyric acid in addition. 
The diluted sulphuric acid, which had been used for 
acting upon diallyl, was neutralized with barium carbonate, 
filtered and evaporated to dryness, but no organic sulplio- 
acid had been formed. 
Polymers of Diallyl. After distilling off the hexylene 
pseudoxide from the diluted acid, a layer of hydrocarbons 
remained on the top of the liquid, from which they Avere 
separated by means of a stop-funnel. The hydrocarbons 
were dried over calcium chloride, and found to boil at 
between 200° and 300°. After several distillations over 
metallic sodium, they were separated into three portions, 
boiling at from 205°— 215°, 240°— 245°, 275°— 285°. These 
hydrocarbons invariably left a slight residue on distillation. 
Analysis showed that they have an empirical formula of 
C c H I0 . 
