Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some Heterocyclic Acetic Acids in Plant Hormone Tests

H Gilman, S Avakian

Index: Gilman; Avakian Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1946 , vol. 68, p. 2104

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Abstract

The best procedure was as follows: In a 1-liter, threenecked round-bottomed flask fitted with a stirrer and a reflux condenser were placed 0.50 mole of the appropriate alcohol, 0.50 mole of thiourea and 1.50 moles of hydrogen bromide as 48% hydrobromic acid (double these amounts of thiourea and hydrobromic acid were used for making hexamethylene and decamethylene dithiols). The mixture was refluxed for nine hours with stirring. A solution of ...