One five-hundredth mole, 0.2383 g., was dissolved in 2 cc. of 1: l sodium hydroxide solution and washed into a nitrometer with 3 cc. of water. Two grams of cupric sulfate dissolved in 4 cc. hot water was next introduced. Gas immediately formed and slowly subsided. The nitrometer bulb was now cautiously and later vigorously heated with steam for two hours. On cooling the gas measured 70.2 cc. at 0'. There was then carefully introduced 10 cc. of ...
