It is soluble in nitric, hydrochloric, and dilute sulphuric acids.
The tube, d, is to condense the bulk of the hydrochloric acid which distills over during the operation.
This, however, as soon as it passes into the atmosphere becomes changed into hydrochloric acid.
The dark-coloured soft mass is then removed from the alkaline liquid, dissolved in water, and hydrochloric acid460 added.
Glycerin when treated with hydrochloric acid gives propenyl dichlorhydrin, which may be oxidized to s-dichloracetone.
