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PROPYL ALCOHOLS (C3H7OH)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 450 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PROPYL See also:

ALCOHOLS (C3H7OH) . Two compounds of this See also:

formula exist as explained in the See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article ALCOHOLS. Normal propyl See also:

ALCOHOL

alcohol, See also:

CH3

CH3•See also:

CH2•CH2.OH, was obtained in 1853 by G. C. B. See also:

CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

Chancel, by submitting fusel oil to fractional See also:

DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation. It may be prepared by any of the methods applicable to See also:

PRIMARY

primary alcohols. It is an agreeable-smelling liquid; boiling at 97.40 C., and miscible with See also:

WATER

water in all proportions. It cannot be separated from water by fractional distillation, since it forms a mixture of See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant boiling point (see DISTILLATION). Oxidation converts it into propionic See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid. It is distinguished from See also:

ETHYL

ethyl alcohol by its insolubility in a See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold saturated See also:

CALCIUM [symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.0 (o= x6)]

calcium chloride See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution. Iso-propyl alcohol (CH3)2CHOH, was obtained by M.

P. E. See also:

BERTHELOT, MARCELLIN PIERRE EUGENE (1827–1907)

Berthelot in 1855 by See also:

HEATING

heating the addition See also:

compound of propylene and sulphuric acid with water, and in 1862 by C. See also:

FRIEDEL, CHARLES (1832-1899)

Friedel by the reduction of See also:

ACETONE, or DIMETHYL KETONE

acetone. It is a colourless liquid boiling at 82.7° C.

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