JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Registered in U. S. Patent Office)
W. A L B E R T N O Y E S , J R . , EDITOR ALLEN D.
ASSISTANT EDITORS
BLISS
MARSHALL GATES
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P . J. F L O R Y
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PAUL D.
I. M.
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EDSALL
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(Continued from first page of cover) droxynor-5-cholenic Acid Lactone, a By-product of the Oxidation of Sitosterol H. Harry Szmant and Clare McGinnia : The Absorption Spec tra of Some Diaryl Ketones, Hydrazones and Azines D. S. Tarbell and M. A. McCall: The Basic Isomerization of Allyl Aryl Sulfides to Propenyl Aryl Sulfides
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D. Stanley Tarbell and John C. Petropoulos: The Action of Aluminum Bromide on Benzyl Phenyl Ether Gino R. Treves and Frank C. Testa: Basic Esters and Quater nary Derivatives of ^-Hydroxy Acids as Antispasmodics... Marvin W e i s s : Acetic Acid—Ammonium Acetate Reactions: An Improved Chichibabin Pyridine Synthesis
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BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY R. R. Becker and Mark A. Stahmann: The Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Lysine Polypeptides Morris Friedkin: Enzymatic Synthesis of Desoxyxanthostne by the Action of Xanthosine Fhosphorylase in Mammalian
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Tissue Irving M. Klotz, Κ. Κ. Burkhard and Jean M. Urquhart : Struc tural Specificities in the Interactions of Some Organic Ions with Serum Albumin
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