V. Notes of researches on the poly-ammonias.—No. V. Action of bichloride of carbon on aniline

Abstract

In two former notes I have described the deportment of aniline as the prototype of primary monamines with the bromine- and chlorine-compounds of biatomic and triatomic radicals. It was found that under the influence of these agents, two equivalents of aniline coalesce to a more complex molecule, retaining the chemical character of the constituents; the action of bibromide of ethylene and chloroform producing respectively— Diethylene-diphenyl-diamine …...C 32 H 18 N 2 = { (C 4 H 4 ) 2 '' (C 12 H 5 ) 2 } N 2 . Formyl-diphenyl-diamine.....C 26 H 12 N 2 = { (C 2 H)''' (C 12 H 5 ) 2 H } N 2 . The result of these experiments led me to examine the behaviour of aniline under the influence of organic chlorides containing even a larger number of chlorine equivalents. The agent selected was the body well known by the name of bichloride of carbon, i. e . tetrachlorinetted marsh-gas, or chloroform, in which the residuary equivalent of hydrogen is replaced by chlorine.