A Manual of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds

CARBON COMPOUNDS. 73
upon by the potassium, and hydrogen is given oft' from the - pole,
whilst the group Cfifip which cannot exist in the free state, is
decomposed into carbon dioxide and methyl CHj, of which latter two
combine to form ethane. Tliis electrolysis of acetates nmy be expressed
by the following equation :•—
CH3 0H3 CH,
i - +| - | + 2CO, + H,
COtH C02H