526 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
XIII. Work of MacKenzie on ‘Walden Inversion .’ 
Phenylaminoacetic, phenyichloracetic, mandelic acids. 
(1) Resolution of mandelic acid by means of various alka¬ 
loids [1899] Vol. 75, 964. 
(2) 3. L. Ch. Soc. Anomalous results with, potassium hy¬ 
droxide, silver oxide, etc. Trans. [1908] Yol. 93, 811. 
(3) J. L. Ch. Soc. Harmonizes some of his results by assum¬ 
ing an inversion with ammonia. Trans. [April 1909] 
p. 777-793. 
(4) J. L. Ch. Soc. No inversion with opt. active j8 brom j8. 
Phenylpropionic acid. Trans. [Feb. 1910] p. 121. 
XIV. Excellent reviews of work on ‘Walden Inversion.’’ 
(1) Annual Reports of the Progress of Chemistry for 1907. J. L. 
Ch. Soc. Chapter on Stereochemistry, p. 189. 
(2) L. H. Cone. Chapter on Stereochemistry. J. Am. Ch. Soc. 
[Mar. 1910] 
XV. An ingenious idea developed from observations on pinene as to 
how phosphorous pentachloride may cause inversion. 
H. E. Armstrong. J. L. Ch. Soc. 69, 1399. 
XVI. Asymmetric synthesis. 
(1) McKenzie & Humphries: J. L. Ch. Soc. July, 1909. 
Neither acylation nor subsequent hydrolysis cause inversion. 
(2) Racemic phenomena during the hydrolysis of optically active 
menthyl and bornyl esters by alkali. McKenzie: Trans. L. 
Ch. Soc. [1904] Yol. 85, 378 and 1249. [1905] Vol. 87, 1004 and 
1373. [1907] Vol. 91, 789 and 1814. 
XVII. l Zur Stereochemie der Katalysef 
G. Bredig & Fajans: Ber. 41, 752. 
XVIII. Influence of Solvent on the Rotation of Opt. Active Compounds. 
(1) Patterson & Montgomerie: J. L. Ch. Soc. [July 1909], p. 128. 
(2) Also many other contributions by same author and others. 
XIX Action of various reagents on complex halogen substituted acids. 
(1) Decomposition of bromcamphoric acid with sodium carbonate 
and with boiling water. 
1. Kipping & Armstrong: J. L. Ch. Soc. (1896) p. 65. 
2. Some hydrocarbons obtained from the homologues of cin¬ 
namic acid. W. H. Perkin: J. L. Ch. Soc. (1877) [2] 660. 
3. Some derivatives of propionic, acrylic and glutaric acid. 
Perkin: J. L. Ch. Soc. Trans. [1896] p. 1457. 
