Introduction to the study of organic chemistry : a text-book for students in the universitites and technical schools / by John Wade.

  • Wade, John.
Date:
1898
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    CONTENTS PART I TYPICAL COMPOUNDS OP SIMPLE CONSTITUTION SECTION /.—THE ALCOHOLS AND ACIDS: ORGANIC .RADICLES CHAPTER I.—Preparation of Pure Alcohol. Organic and Inorganic Compounds : Alcohol—-Purification of Alcohol: Dis- tillation—Fractional Distillation—Absolute Alcohol—Criteria of Purity —Synopsis. p. 1 CHAPTER II.—Analysis of Alcohol and Determination of its Formula. General Actions of Alcohol: Necessity of Analysis—Detection and Estima- tion of Carbon and Hydrogen—Calculation of Percentage Composition -—Calculation of Empirical Formula—Determination of Vapour Density and Molecular Weight—Determination of Molecular Formula from Vapour Density—Other Methods of Determining Molecular Weight: the Cryoscopic Method—Synopsis. p. 6 CHAPTER III.—Chemical Nature of Alcohol. Action of Sodium on Alcohol: Sodium Ethoxide—Rational Formula of Alcohol: Hydrolysis of Sodium Ethoxide—Action of Phosphorus Bromide and Iodide on Alcohol: Ethyl Bromide and Iodide—Relation of Ethyl Bromide to Alcohol and Sodium Ethoxide : Second Rational Formula of Alcohol—Ethyl Chloride—Synopsis. p. 13 CHAPTER IV.—1The Ethyl Radicle. The Ethyl Sulphates—Ethyl Oxide : Common Ether—The Ethyl Radicle : Alkylic Hydroxyl—Synopsis—Chart. p. 20 CHAPTER V.—Preparation and Composition of Acetic Acid. Oxidation of Alcohol to Acetic Acid : Vinegar and Wood Vinegar—Purifica- tion of Acetic Acid: Crystallisation: Glacial Acetic Acid—Composition and Formula of Acetic Acid: Determination of Molecular Weight by Silver Method—Synopsis. p. 25 CHAPTER VI.—Chemical Nature of Acetic Acid: the Acetyl Radicle. The Metallic Acetates: Rational Formula of Acetic Acid—Action of Phos- phorus Chlorides on the Acetates: Acetyl Chloride: Second Rational Formula of Acetic Acid—Acetyl Oxide—Reduction of Acetic Acid to Alcohol—The Acetyl Radicle : Oxylic Hydroxyl—Synopsis—Chart. p. 29