Paper, 'Action of ethylene chlorhydrine upon the bases of the pyridine series and on quinoline' by [Karl] Adolph Wurtz

Description

Wurtz writes: 'According to the constitution which is generally attributed to the bases of the pyridine series, they must be considered as tertiary bases, their nitrogen being united to the carbon by three atomicities. The action which alcoholic iodides exert upon these bases, as shown by Hofmann, confirms this idea, which is equally applicable to quinoline. I thought that the reaction of glycol chlorhydrin and similar compounds upon the pyridine bases and upon quinoline should produce oxygenated quaternary bases. It is known, in fact, that such a base, neurine, results from the action of ethylene chlorhydrin upon trimethylamine.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 17 March 1882. Read 30 March 1882.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Action of ethylene chlorhydrin upon the bases of the pyridine series and on quinoline'.

Reference number

PP/1/39

Earliest possible date

1882

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

11 pages

Format

Manuscript