Of this liquid four quantities were taken which were severally acidulated with hydrochloric, propionic, butyric, and valerianic acids, in the proportions above indicated.
The quantities of propionic, butyric, and valerianic acids respectively which are required to neutralise as much base as 6.
In the same way cats are irresistibly attracted to preparations of valerian because their own urine contains valerianic acid.
The odors they were observed to dislike most frequently were asafoetida, valerianic acid, and civet, the last being regarded as most repulsive of all on account of its resemblance to fæcal odor, which these people regard with intense disgust.
The separation of thevalerianic acid can, however, be readily avoided.
However, besides the ether a large quantity of valerianicacid is also formed, which has to be converted by itself into ether.
Valerianic ethyl ether closely resembles the amyl ether, and, like it, is prepared from valerianate of sodium, ordinary alcohol, and sulphuric acid.
The crude butyric acid thus obtained and freed from water by shaking with calcium chloride, is a mixture of acetic, butyric, and capric acids, but does not contain propionic and valerianic acids.
The valerianic acid is thereby separated, and floats upon the solution of the sodium sulphate.
The distillate consists of two layers; the lower one being an aqueous solution of valerianic acid and the upper one a mixture of valerianic acid and amyl valerate.
Every one must recollect the insupportable smell of rotten apples which fills the laboratory whilst making valerianic acid.
By operating upon this raw distillate produced with diluted potash, valerianic acid is removed, and an ether remains behind, which, diluted in five or six times its volume of spirits of wine, is possessed of the most pleasant flavor of apples.
By oxidation with bichromate of potash and sulphuric acid, fusel oil yields valerianic acid, which is used in medicine, and apple-oil, employed as a flavoring ingredient in confectionery.
It is obtained impure, as a by product, when for the preparation of valerianic acid, fusel-oil is distilled with bichromate of potash and sulphuric acid.
In the cheese of certain dairies and districts, valerianic acid has been detected along with the other acids just referred to.
Valerianic acid, 3 grammes dissolved in 40 grammes distilled water and neutralised with ammonium carbonate.
By exposure to the air it is partly converted into valerianic acid, and more readily so under the influence of an alkali.
In its usual form it consists of valerol, a neutral oily body; borneene, a volatile liquid hydrocarbon; and valerianic acid.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "valerianic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
