Accuracy, organic compound analysis, methods needed

Accuracy, organic compound analysis, methods needed, 288-289 Acetylperoxy radicals, conversion to H02, 311... 

What are some of the advantages of nonaqueous acid-base titrations First of all, they are cheap. Secondly, they are simple in many cases you don t need a trained chemist to do them. A third advantage is that nonaqueous acid-base titrations are extremely accurate. For the analysis of organic compounds where you are assaying a major constituent, nonaqueous acid-base titrations are unmatched in their accuracy. I think it is well to reme-ber that some of the very excellent instrumental methods are, in many cases somewhat inaccurate. Finally, why use some smelly solvent such as acetic acid or pyridine, as is frequently necessary, instead of water or perhaps water mixed with alcohol The reason for this is that nonaqueous titrations are much broader in their application than are acid-base titrations carried out in water or in water mixtures with a waterlike solvent such as alcohol. 

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