AN INVESTIGATION OF TWO HOMOLOGOUS SERIES OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS IN BLACK TRONA WATER FROM THE GREEN RIVER BASIN

Abstract
Two series of carboxylic acids were Identified in the dialysate from a sample of Black Trona Water from the Green River Basin of Wyoming. One of the series consists of straight-chain dicarboxylic acids ranging in carbon number from four to fourteen. This series had been observed by previous workers. The other series, much less abundant than the dicarboxylic scids, appears to be a series of homologous tricarboxylic acids that are derivatives of succinic acids. The structures of these compounds were determined by analysis of the mass spectra of their methyl esters and trideuteromethyl esters. Definitive biological precursors of this unusual class of compounds could not be assigned