XXX.—Some oxidation products of the hydroxybenzoic acids. Part II

AG Perkin

Index: Perkin,A. G. Journal of the Chemical Society, 1906 , vol. 89, p. 251

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Abstract

IN the previous communication (Trans,, 1905, 87, 1412), it was shown that ellagic acid is formed when gallic acid dissolved in a mixture of acetic and sulphuric acids is oxidised by means of potassium persulphate. Experiments carried out in a similar way with protocatechuic, p-hydroxybenzoic, and m-hydroxybenzoic acids gave only minute traces of oxidation products insoluble in water, but, on the other hand, when concentrated sulphuric ...