| RefNo | PP/1/12 |
| Previous numbers | PP/33/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On β-lutidine' by C [Charles] Greville Williams |
| Date | 1881 |
| Description | Williams writes: 'In the “Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Paris” for June 5, 1880 there appears a notice of a paper read before the Russian Chemical Society, by MM. Boutlerow and Wischnegradsky, in which they state, among other things, that by the action of alkalies on cinchonine they had obtained quinoline (chinoline) almost pure, and a volatile colourless liquid alkaloid boiling constantly at 166°, having the formula C7H9N; and which they say appears to be identical with the base obtained by me in distilling cinchonine with potash, and also with the lutidine of Anderson. Of the identity of the base obtained by them with β-lutidine there can be no doubt; the boiling point (166°) given by them being to half a degree the mean of the range (163° to 168°) given by me in my “ Researches on Isomeric Alkaloids.”* With regard to the identity which they assume between lutidine and β-lutidine, it is evident that they have not seen my paper last quoted, or they would hardly have ignored the mass of facts which I have adduced to prove the isomerism, and not identity of the two bases.'
Subject: Chemistry
Received 30 November 1881. Read 15 December 1881.
A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On β-lutidine'. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0088 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6156 | Williams; Charles Greville Hanson (1829 - 1910) | 1829 - 1910 |