Excerpt from American Chemical Journal, Vol. 35: January June, 1906 The first secondary arsine, dimethylarsine or cacodyl hydride, was prepared by Palmer. Since the preparation of cacodyl chloride from cacodyl oxide, by treatment with mercuric chloride and hydrochloric acid, is attended with considerable inconvenience, an easier application of the principle of the general reducibility of alkylated arsenic compounds was attempted, viz., the direct reduction of the crude arsenical liquors of Cadet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.