An introduction to the study of the compounds of carbon / by Ira Remsen.

  • Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
Date:
1894
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Credit: An introduction to the study of the compounds of carbon / by Ira Remsen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    point to catch the exact meaning, if he has failed to see the connection, he had better go back and faithfully review, or he will soon find his mind hopelessly muddled, and relations which are as clear as day will be concealed from him. A very excellent practice is to trace connections between the different classes of compounds, and show how to pass from one to the other. Thus, for example, (1) show by what reactions it is possible to pass from marsh gas to acetic acid. (2) How can we pass from ordinary alcohol to ethylidene chloride, CH3.CHC12? (3) What reactions would enable us to make methyl-amine from its elements? (4) How can acetone be made from meth3'l-amine ? (5) What reactions are necessary in order to make ordinary ether from ethyl-amine? etc., etc. It is well in this sort of practice to select what appear to be the least closely-related compounds, and to show then how we can pass from one to the other. Be sure to select representatives of all the classes hitherto mentioned, and to bring in all the important reactions.