"Ethane" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (C{6}H{5}.CH.CH{2}), which is one of the principal constituents of liquid storax, and was synthetized by M. Berthelot by passing acetylene and benzene vapor through a tube heated to redness. The second fraction, coming over at 265 deg.-270 deg., consisted of diphenyl ethane ((C{6}H{5}){2} CH.CH{3}); and the third fraction, boiling at 280 deg.-286 deg., was found to consist entirely of dibenzyl (C{6}H{5}.CH{2}.CH{2}.C{6}H{5}), a solid substance isomeric with diphenyl ethane. These syntheses afford another instance of the singular action of aluminum ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 • Various |
