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A Manual of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds

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THS CARBON COMPOUNDS. 273<br />

TETEAD EADICALS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.<br />

HYOBOOARBONS OP THE ACETYLENE SERIES,<br />

Boiling-point, Boiling-point.<br />

Acetylene . . C2 H2<br />

Allylene. , . C8H<<br />

Crotonylene . C4 Ho<br />

Valerylene . . C6 H8<br />

Hexoylene . . C6 Hlo<br />

(Enanthylidene G7 H12<br />

Caprylidene . C8 Hu<br />

Decenyleue . Gxfin<br />

Benylene . . C^H^<br />

Cetenylene . . G^H^<br />

—<br />

—<br />

18°<br />

45<br />

80<br />

107<br />

133<br />

165<br />

225<br />

280<br />

Dtallyl . . . 06 H.o<br />

Rutylene . . C10H18<br />

59°<br />

150<br />

These hydrocarbons stand in a similar relation to <strong>the</strong> non-saturated<br />

monad radicals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> allyl series as <strong>the</strong> defines to <strong>the</strong> saturated<br />

alcohol radicals.<br />

A general method for preparing <strong>the</strong>se compounds consists in heating<br />

<strong>the</strong> cfibromides or <strong>the</strong> di-iodides <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> defines with an alcoholic solution<br />

<strong>of</strong> potash, <strong>the</strong> reaction taking place in two stages. First a monobrominated<br />

olefine is formed—<br />

C2H4Br8 + KOH = CaHgBr + H3O + KBr<br />

which by <strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>r action <strong>of</strong> caustic potash again loses hydrobronuc<br />

acid:—<br />

CySaBr + KOH = CjHa + H2O + KBr<br />

These hydrocarbons readily combine with one molecule <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chlorine-group and <strong>the</strong>ir hydracids, forming nonsaturated<br />

compounds, which are capable <strong>of</strong> combining again with<br />

<strong>the</strong>se bodies. The hydrocarbons <strong>of</strong> this series axe <strong>the</strong>refore tetrad<br />

radicals.<br />

Theory points out <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> a great number <strong>of</strong> isomerides,<br />

but, as <strong>the</strong> table shows, only very few are known. Those contained in<br />

<strong>the</strong> first column have been prepared by abstracting two molecules<br />

<strong>of</strong> hydrobromic acid from <strong>the</strong> dibromides <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> defines, and this<br />

reaction explains <strong>the</strong>ir constitution i—<br />

E<strong>the</strong>ne Dibromide. Acetylene,<br />

CILBr CH<br />

| - 2HBr = •"<br />

CH0Br

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