1640 EWALD ROHRMANN AND HA SHONLE VOl. 66 it to the hydroxycinnamic acid. Then 2 cc.(0.021 mole) of dimethyl sulfate was added dropwise and the mixture rduxed for forty minutes. An excess of 6 N sodium hydroxide was added and the resulting solution was rduxed for two hours. It was cooled and added to excess sulfuric acid in ice. The white precipitate that formed was taken up in ether and extracted with 27, sodium hydroxide. ...