Determination of thiourea and some of its organic derivatives with sodium vanadate, hexacyanoferrate(III), Cerium(IV) sulphate, manganese(III) and manganese(IV).
The determination of thiourea and some of its organic derivatives with sodium vanadate, hexacyanoferrate(III), cerium(IV) sulphate, manganese(III) and manganese(IV) is described. A mixture of iodate and iodide is used as catalyst. Ferroin, N-phenylanthranilic acid and p-ethoxychrysoidine can be used as indicators.
Electrolytically generated manganese(III) sulphate as a redox titrant: potentiometric determination of thiosemicarbazide, its metal complexes and thiosemicarbazones
Conditions have been established for the electrogeneration of MnIII from MnII in a sulphuric acid medium. The MnIII formed was identified and characterized by ultraviolet spectra. The stability of standard solutions of manganese(III) sulphate at various concentrations of H+, MnII and acetic acid and in the presence of the complexing agents P2O74–, Cl– and F– was studied and conditions for the potentiometric determination of thiosemicarbazide (TSC), its metal complexes, M(TSC)2SO4, and its thiosemicarbazone derivatives, propanal thiosemicarbazone (PTSC) and benzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (BTSC), have been investigated. Thiosemicarbazide in H2SO4 underwent a six-electron oxidation. The M(TSC)2SO4 complex participates in a 12-electron redox process, indicative of the number of TSC ligands present in the complex. The PTSC in an H2SO4–HOAc (20% v/v) medium underwent oxidation in two stages, namely, six-electron oxidation of TSC with the regeneration of propionaldehyde and two-electron oxidation of the aldehyde to the corresponding carboxylic acid. The benzaldehyde regenerated from BTSC did not undergo further oxidation. Above 40% HOAc, a reproducible four-electron stoichiometry was achieved thereby showing the selectivity of MnIII as an oxidizing agent. The formal redox potential of the MnIII–MnII couple with and without the complexing agents and at various concentrations of H+ was determined. Addition of complexing agents decreased the formal redox potential of the MnIII–MnII couple, thereby reducing the oxidation rate, but did not alter the over-all stoichiometry of the electron transfer process.
Spectrophotometric determination of small amounts of tellurium with sym-diphenylthiourea
Abstract A spectrophotometric method of determining small amounts of tellurium in acidic media with sym -diphenylthiourea has been studied. Tellurium is extracted almost quantitatively from 4·5–8·0 M hydrochloric or perchloric acid solutions with a chloroform solution of diphenylthiourea, and up to 200 μg of tellurium can be determined by measuring the absorbance of the yellow complex in the chloroform phase at a wavelength between 380 and 410 mμ. The effects of diverse ions on the determination of tellurium have also been studied. It has been found that this method, with an extraction procedure, is more simple and more sensitive than the usual thiourea method in an aqueous medium.