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Frankland describes how he finds zinc ethyl capable of 'removing one of the atoms of hydrogen in ammonia and its analogues, and of replacing it by zinc, thus forming a series of bodies which strongly remind us of the amide and nitride of potassium'. He describes the general nature of the reaction by which several compounds are produced.

Marked on front as 'For the Proceedings'.

Subject: Chemistry

Received and read 18 June 1857.

A version of this paper was published in volume 8 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new series of compounds derived from ammonia and its analogues'.

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AP/39/34
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1857
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Frankland

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Edward Frankland, Paper, 'On a new series of compounds derived from ammonia and its analogues' by Edward Frankland, 1857, AP/39/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_39_34/paper-on-a-new-series-of-compounds-derived-from-ammonia-and-its-analogues-by-edward-frankland, accessed on 21 March 2025

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