mixture was subject to sudden rises in temperature and subsequent ex-plosions. Consequently we were obliged to abandon the attempt to show that ether can be quantitatively oxidized under these conditions. In an effort to check the apparent contradiction in the literature on the effect of chromic anhydride on ether, some pure chromic anhydride was prepared, and added to pure ether. A very violent reaction, with evolution ...
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