GLUTARIC See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID, or NORMAL PYROTARTARIC ACID  , H02C•See also:

• CH2
• CH2(OH)

CH2•CH2•CH2•See also:

• CO2H

CO2H, an organic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid prepared by the reduction of a-oxyglutaric acid with hydriodic acid, by reducing glutaconic acid, HO2C• CH2• CH:CH • CO2H, with See also:

• SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

sodium See also:

• AMALGAM

amalgam, by See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion of trimethylene bromide into the See also:

• CYANIDE

cyanide and See also:

• HYDROLYSIS (Gr. 6Swp, water, Anew, to loosen)

hydrolysis of this See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound, or from acetoacetic ester, which, in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of its sodium derivative, condenses with /3=iodopropionic ester to form acetoglutaric ester, See also:

• CH3

CH3•CO•CH(CO2C2H5)•CH2•CH2•CO2C2H5, from which glutaric acid is obtained by hydrolysis . It is also obtained when sebacic, stearic and oleic acids are oxidized with nitric acid . It crystallizes in large See also:

• MONOCLINIC

monoclinic prisms which melt at 97' 5° C., and distils between 3020 and 3040 C., practically without decomposition . It is soluble in See also:

• WATER

water, See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether . By See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• HEATING

heating the acid is converted into its anhydride, which, however, is obtained more readily by heating the See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt of the acid with acetyl chloride . By See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation of the ammonium salt glutarimide, CH2(CH2•CP)2NH, is obtained; it forms small crystals melting at 151° to 152° C. and sublimes unchanged . On the alkyl glutaric acids, see C . See also:

• HELL (0. Eng. hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning " to cover," cf. Ger. Holle, Dutch hel)

Hell (Ber., 1889, 22, pp . 48, 6o), C . A . Bischoff (Ber., 1891, 24, p . 1041), K .

Auwers (Ber., 1891, 24, p . 1923) and W . H . See also:

• PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)

Perkin, junr . Grown . Chem . See also:

• SOC

Soc., x896, 69, p .