Dec., 1037 PDPARATIOX AND REACTIONS OF SIMPLE 3-AMINOEUKANS 5525 apart, indicating that the deaomposition is a function of the length of the ethylene oxide chain. Tetraethylene glycol monochlorohy drin and diethylene glycol dimethyl ether were the only two derivatives of the polyethylene glycols investigated in which decomposition on heating below the boiling point was noted. The low decomposition temperature of tetraethylene ...