In an attempt to reduce the 3 isomeric Schiff's bases obtained by the condensation of chloral and the nitro-anilines Wheeler and Glenn2 noted that treatment of these bases with alcoholic potash produced a brilliant red compound. The red compound, however, on purification became yellow and analysis showed that 1 chlorine atom had been replaced by an hydroxyl group, according to the equation: CC13CH (NHC6H4N02) 2
