in the field of organic polarography in the past two years have extended the use of this method to a variety of new groups. Contributing to this increase has been the greater use of solid electrodes. More electrode reactions have been verified by large scale electrolysis under controlled conditions with the isolation of products. In general, conclusions drawn from such experiments are in good agreement with the reactions at the electrode. Occasionally the products are different, as the large scale experiments involve rapid stirring and are not dependent solely upon a diffusion process. Intermediates, therefore, may be removed from the electrode surface to the solution where dimerization, disproportionation, or rearrangement may occur.The possibilities of the cathode-ray polarograph in the organic and reaction kinetics fields have been indicated ( 178). An extensive list of half-wTave potentials of organic compounds with the conditions used has been published (318).As in the past, most of the studies have been carried out in mixtures of organic solvents and water. The number of anhydrous solvents employed has been small and consists of methyl Cellosolve (11$), methanol (IBS), ethanol, 1-propanol, butanol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and solutions of some of these with benzene or dioxane (46). The diffusion current was found to be inversely proportional to the square root of the viscosity of the solvents, and the waves became more drawn out as the amount of alcohol was decreased in dioxane mixtures with methanol, ethanol, and 1-propanol (46).As supporting electrolytes the tetraalkylammonium salts have continued to be useful. Their range has been found to be dependent upon their purity. It has been suggested that catalytic