the action of benzyl magnesium chloride upon ethyl chlorocarbonate,[4]
and the action of copper on a mixture of bromobenzene and ethyl
chloroacetate at 180'0.[5]


[1] Ber. 20, 592 (1887); Ann. 296, 361 (1897)

[2] Ber. 2, 208 (1869).

[3] Ann. 296, 2, footnote (1897); Compt. rend. 152, 1855 (1911).

[4] Ber. 36, 3088 (1903).

[5] Ber. 2, 738 (1869).



VIII

GLYCEROL a, g-DICHLOROHYDRIN

C3H5(OH)3 + 2HCl--> CH2ClCHOHCH2Cl + 2H2O

Prepared by J. B. CONANT and O. R. QUAYLE. Checked by O. KAMM
and A. O. MATTHEWS.


1. Procedure

ONE kilo of 90 per cent glycerol (sp. gr. 1.243) and 20 g.