Organic Chemistry Essay

EXPERIMENTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Author of "The Principles of Organic Chemistry," "A Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry for Colleges," and Joint Author of "Laboratory Exercises in Inorganic Chemistry"

BY JAMES F. NORRIS

SECOND EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION TOTAL ISSUE,

38,000

M c G R A W - H I L L BOOK C O M P A N Y , I N C . NEW YORK: 370 SEVENTH AVENUE LONDON: 6 & 8 BOUVERIE ST., E. C. 4 1924

COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1924, BY THE MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, INC. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE MAPLE PRESS COMPANY, YORK, PA.

P R E F A C E T O T H E SECOND E D I T I O N
The appearance of the second edition of the author's "Textbook of Organic Chemistry" made it advisable to prepare a revision of this laboratory guide, in order that the references given to the text should refer to the new edition of the latter. Advantage has been taken of the opportunity to give improved directions for a number of experiments and to incorporate new material of importance. Some additions have been made to the chapter on laboratory methods, and directions for a few new preparations have been given. These include the preparation of normal butyl chloride from the alcohol and aqueous hydrochloric acid, of triphenylmethane directly from benzene, carbon tetrachloride, ether, and aluminium chloride, of an amylene from secondary amyl alcohol, and of a secondary alcohol from pentene-2. The author will be glad to receive suggestions from teachers who use the book with their classes.
JAMES F. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. NORRIS.

April, 1924.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
This book is designed primarily to be used as a laboratory guide in connection with courses in organic chemistry in which the student follows in the laboratory the subject as developed in the class-room. An attempt has been made to furnish