Potassium Acetate Solution Carbonate

Kolbe and Kampf,1 on electrolyzing a concentrated potassium-acetate solution obtained at the anode acetic methyl ester, formic methyl ester, ethane, ethylene, and carbon dioxide and at the cathode hydrogen and potassium hydroxide. In an alkaline solution of the salt Bourgoin2 obtained, amongst other products, sodium formate (by reduction of the carbonic acid) but so far as hydrocarbons were concerned he could only prove the presence of ethane and ethylene. 

Alternatively, use the following procedure in which triethylamine replaces potassium acetate as the basic catalyst. Place 2 1 g. (2-0 ml.) of purified benzaldehyde, 2 0 ml. of anhydrous triethylamine and 5 0 ml. of A.R. acetic anhydride in a 200 ml. round-bottomed flask, equipped with a short reflux condenser and a calcium chloride drying tube. Boil the solution gently for 24 hours—heating may be interrupted. Incorporate a steam distillation apparatus in the flask and steam distil until the distillate is no longer cloudy (about 100 ml.) and then collect a further 50 ml. of the distillate di ard the steam distillate. Transfer the residue in the flask to a 400 ml. beaker, add water until the vplume is about 200 ml., then 0 2 g. of decolourising carbon, and boil for a few minutes. Filter the hot solution, and acidify the hot filtrate with 1 1 hydrochlorioiaoid... 

PbF2 is readily prepared by the action of hydrogen fluoride on lead hydroxide, lead carbonate, or a-lead oxide. It can also be obtained by precipitation from lead nitrate or lead acetate solutions using potassium fluoride, ammonium fluoride, or ammonium bifluoride. 

Benzenetetrol. 1,2,3,5-Tetrahydroxybenzene (64) forms needles (mp 165°C) from water. The compound is easily soluble ia water, alcohol, and ethyl acetate and is iasoluble ia chloroform and benzene. In aqueous potassium bicarbonate solution sparged with carbon dioxide,... 

The estimation of alkoxy groups is not such a simple task. One method (26,68) involves hydrolysis and oxidation of the Hberated alcohol with excess standard potassium dichromate solution. The excess may then be estimated iodometrically. This method is suitable only for methoxides, ethoxides, and isopropoxides quantitative conversion to carbon dioxide, acetic acid, and acetone, respectively, takes place. An alternative method for ethoxides is oxidation followed by distillation, and titration of the Hberated acetic acid. 

According to the literature, the product obtained in this manner may contain ethyl adipate. To remove this, the product is cooled to 0° and run slowly into 600 cc. of 10 per cent potassium hydroxide solution maintained at 0° with ice-salt. Water is added until the salt which separates has dissolved, and the cold alkaline solution is extracted twice with 200-cc. portions of ether. The alkaline solution, kept at 0°, is run slowly into 900 cc. of 10 per cent acetic acid solution with stirring, the temperature remaining below 1° (ice-salt). The oil which separates is taken up in 400 cc. of ether, and the aqueous solution is extracted with four 250-cc. portions of ether. The ether extract is washed twice with cold 7 per cent sodium carbonate solution and dried over sodium sulfate. After removal of the ether the residue is distilled, b.p. 7g-8i°/3 mm. The recovery is only 80-85 per cent, and in a well-conducted preparation the ethyl adipate eliminated amounts to less than one per cent of the total product. Unless the preparation has proceeded poorly the tedious purification ordinarily is best omitted. 

Pulsed current experiments of aqueous acetate solutions indicate that at least in aqueous solution a platinum oxide layer seems to be prerequisite for the da arboxy-lation to occur. Only at longer pulse durations (> 10 s) is ethane produced [73,74]. These are times known to be necessary for the formation of an oxide film. At a shorter pulse length (<10"" s) acetate is completely oxidized to carbon dioxide and water possibly at a bare platinum surface [75]. The potent dynamic response in the electrolysis of potassium acetate in aqueous solution also points to an oxide layer, whose... 

Potassium acetate is prepared by addition of potassium carbonate in a small volume of water to acetic acid solution, followed by evaporation and... 

The effectiveness of glassy-carbon electrodes coated with cellulose acetate for adsorptive stripping voltammetry was evaluated to alleviate interference from co-adsorbed species [171]. The carbon electrode was coated using a 5% cellulose acetate solution, with the coating being hydrolyzed with 0.07M potassium hydroxide. Repetitive measurements of 1 pM chlorpromazine in the presence of 20 mg/L albumin resulted in peak currents with residual standards of deviation equal to 1.4 and 1.3%, respectively. 

Carbon Disulphide.f — Thoroughly mix 50 cc. of benzene with 50 gin. of alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution (11 gm. of potassium hydroxide in 90 gm. of absolute alcohol), and allow the mixture to stand several hours at a temperature of about 20° C. Shake with about 100 cc. of water, remove the aqueous solution from the benzene, neutralize the latter with acetic acid, and add copper-sulphate solution. No precipitate should form. 

Oxidation of 2-(3-aminopropyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline with mercuric acetate in 4% aqueous acetic acid at 50°C for 6 h, and then at room temperature overnight followed by the treatment of the filtered solution with 20% potassium hydroxide solution, yielded 1,3,4,6,7,llb-hexahydro-2//-pyrimido[2,l-a]isoquinoline (16, R = R1 = H) in 27% yield (73JOC437). 1,3,4,6,7,llb-Hexahydro-2//-primido[2,l-a]isoquinolines (16, R = H, MeO, R1 = H) and their 2-oxo derivatives (18, R = H, MeO, R1 = H) were obtained from 2-(3-aminopropyl)- and 2-(2-aminocarbonylethyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium salts (17 and 19, R = H, MeO, R1 = H) by treatment with a base (62CB2122,62MI1). The adjustment of the pH value of a solution of l-methyl-2-(2-aminocarbonylethyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium perchlorate (19, R = H, R1 = Me, X = C104) in 10% aqueous acetic acid with sodium carbonate to 9 yielded 1 lb-methyl-1,3,4,6,7,1 lb-hexahydro-2//-primido[2,l-a]isoquinolin-2-one (111) (93KGS499). 

Other physical phenomena that may be associated, at least partially, with complex formation are the effect of a salt on the viscosity of aqueous solutions of a sugar and the effect of carbohydrates on the electrical conductivity of aqueous solutions of electrolytes. Measurements have been made of the increase in viscosity of aqueous sucrose solutions caused by the presence of potassium acetate, potassium chloride, potassium oxalate, and the potassium and calcium salt of 5-oxo-2-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid.81 Potassium acetate has a greater effect than potassium chloride, and calcium ion is more effective than potassium ion. Conductivities of 0.01-0.05 N aqueous solutions of potassium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium sulfate, sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, potassium hydroxide, and sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, and calcium sulfate, in both the presence and absence of sucrose, have been determined by Selix.88 At a sucrose concentration of 15° Brix (15.9 g. of sucrose/100 ml. of solution), an increase of 1° Brix in sucrose causes a 4% decrease in conductivity. Landt and Bodea88 studied dilute aqueous solutions of potassium chloride, sodium chloride, barium chloride, and tetra-... 

A solution in 500 c.cs. water is made from 110 gms. potassium acetate, 26 gms. potassium carbonate and 28 gms. potassium bicarbonate, and poured into a lead cell or glass beaker, which need contain no anode chamber. The beaker should be placed in a basin of cold water, and the cathode should take the form of a thin lead pipe, with a copper connection soldered to it, wound in the form of a coil, and placed close to the inner walls of the beaker. Through this pipe a supply of cold water is run, so that the temperature is maintained at 25°—30° during the electrolysis. The anode is of platinum, and should be so arranged that it can be rotated. The current density is 20—25 amperes per sq. dcm., and the E.M.F. 7—8 volts. 

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