The Action of Ethyl Alcohol on Paratoluidine Diazonium Hydrochloride and of Sulfuric Acid on the Ethyl Ether of Paracresol.

Abstract

the formation of a substance far more soluble in ether and benzene than the original compound. Distillation of the Reduction Product with Zinc Dust.-An attempt was made to reduce the substance still further by distilling with zinc dust, this method having been used by v. Baeyer in converting oxindole into indole; as a result an oily mixture of substances was obtained from which colorless leaflets separated which were found to be carbazole. The oily substance formed a t the same time showed most intense bluered fluorescence but was present in quantities too small to admit of identification. It is proposed to examin this reaction further. DEPARTMENT O F CEEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY O F WASHINGTON.