Aromatic amines titration

The characterizations of MDA and PMDA are similar to those normally used for aromatic amines. In the manufacture of PMDA, the MDA isomer distribution and the formation of side products is deterrnined primarily by gas chromatography (48,49). The amine content is deterrnined by acid titration... 

The determination of primary amines on the macro scale is most conveniently carried out by titration in non-aqueous solution (Section 10.41), but for small quantities of amines spectroscopic methods of determination are very valuable. In some cases the procedure is applicable to aromatic amines only, and the diazotisation method described for determination of nitrite (Section 17.38) can be adapted as a method for the determination of aromatic primary amines. On the other hand, the naphthaquinone method can be applied to both aliphatic and aromatic primary amines. 

Discussion. The formation of coloured compounds by coupling phenols with diazotised primary aromatic amines has long been recognised as a method of determining phenols, and procedures have been evolved whereby the phenol solution is titrated with a diazonium solution which has been calibrated against known concentrations of the phenol. The resultant reaction products are coloured, but many are only sparingly soluble in water and organic solvents and do not therefore lend themselves to colorimetric determination. 

In contrast to the acid, sodium nitrite should not in general be added in excess. Firstly, as far as the ratio of amine to nitrite is concerned, diazotization is practically a quantitative reaction. In consequence, it provides the most important method for determining aromatic amines by titration. Secondly, an excess of nitrous acid exerts a very unfavorable influence on the stability of diazo solutions, as was shown by Gies and Pfeil (1952). Mechanistically the reactions between aromatic diazonium and nitrite ions were investigated more recently by Opgenorth and Rtichardt (1974). They showed that the primary and major reaction is the formation of aryl radicals from the intermediate arenediazonitrite (Ar —N2 —NO2). Details will be discussed in the context of homolytic dediazoniations (Secs. 8.6 and 10.6). 

The catalytic efficiency increases, under comparable conditions (pH, concentration of catalyst, etc.) in the sequence Cl < Br - S(CH3)2 < SCN < SC(NH2)2 < I . Titration with a calibrated solution of NaN02 (usually 0.05 to 0.10 m) is used for the analytical determination of aromatic amines, dissolved in aqueous H2S04 or HC1. Here nucleophilic catalysis is achieved by adding KBr. This allows a titration to be completed much faster than without that addition. 

In the context of the stability of the nitrosoamine intermediate in the diazotization of heteroaromatic amines relative to that in the case of aromatic amines, the reversibility of diazotization has to be considered. To the best of our knowledge the reverse reaction of a diazotization of an aromatic amine has never been observed in acidic solutions. This fact is the basis of the well-known method for the quantitative analysis of aromatic amines by titration with a calibrated solution of sodium nitrite (see Sec. 3.3). With heteroaromatic amines, however, it has been reported several times that, when using amine and sodium nitrite in the stoichiometric ratio 1 1, after completion of the reaction nitrous acid can still be detected with Kl-starch paper,... 

Generally, the results of the measurements indicated that, where dissociation constants were determined by conductometry and also potentiometric titration, they were in agreement with each other further, KHX is low, e.g., about 10 4-10 6moll 1 for aromatic sulphonic acids and 10 13-10 16 moll-1 for carboxylic acids, Xhx2 is high, e.g., 102-104, and KBis low again, e.g., 10 5-10 6 for aliphatic amines and 10 10 for aromatic amines. 

Among the most important indirect methods of analysis which employ redox reactions are the bromination procedures for the determination of aromatic amines, phenols, and other compounds which undergo stoichiometric bromine substitution or addition. Bromine may be liberated quantitatively by the acidification of a bromate-bromide solution mixed with the sample. The excess, unreacted bromine can then be determined by reaction with iodide ions to liberate iodine, followed by titration of the iodine with sodium thiosulphate. An interesting extension of the bromination method employs 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) to effect a separation of a metal by solvent extraction or precipitation. The metal-oxine complex can then be determined by bromine substitution. 

Aromatic amines can be determined by measuring the difference of their UVV absorption spectra, taken at identical concentrations but different pH of the solution. Also, standard mixtures and samples of the amines isolated from coke processing products were tested LOD 0.1-1 ppm. The procedure is potentially useful for waste waters and industrial effluents, where techniques such as GC and nonaqueous titrations may prove difficult to apply333. A determination of certain metabolites symptomatic of pancreatitis... 

This type of titration is quite simple to carry out and is very useful for the analysis of sulphonamide antibiotics and aminobenzoic acid-derived local anaesthetics. Titration is carried out with acidified sodium nitrite causing the primary aromatic amine function to be converted to a diazonium salt shown in Figure 3.15 for sulphacetamide. 

The primary aromatic amines are most readily estimated by means of nitrous acid (see p. 493). Primary or secondary amines, either alone or in presence of tertiary amines, may be estimated by acetylation, since the last do not react. About 1 gm. of the substance or mixture is weighed into a small flask provided with a reflux air condenser, and 5 c.cs. of acetic anhydride added from a pipette having a soda-lime guard tube. In another flask, also provided with a similar condenser, 5 c.cs. acetic anhydride are placed. The two flasks are allowed to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour, after which time 50 c.cs. of water are added to each, and both are placed on the steam bath for an hour in order to convert the remaining acetic anhydride into acetic acid. After cooling, the amount of acetic acid in each flask is titrated with standard sodium hydroxide or standard baryta, using phenolphthalein as indicator. The difference in the two titrations corresponds to the amount of primary or secondary amine present. 

Silver sulfadiazine is dissolved in dilute hydrochloric acid and determined by titration with sodium nitrite solution (assay of the primary aromatic amine function). The endpoint detection is commonly biamperometric (27). 

Various aromatic amines, phenols, and compounds containing active methylene groups can be titrated with arenediazonium salts, from which 4-bromo-l-naphthale-nediazonium chloride seems to be the most widely applicable titrant. Compounds that react slowly with arenediazonium salts can be determined by back-titration when the excess of arenediazonium salt is back-titrated with either sodium tetraphenylborate or 2,4-diaminotoluene. Indirect determination is useful for secondary amines, which react with arenediazonium ions to form triazenes. The determination of diazonium salts of ampholytic character is based on the reaction of these salts with l-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone, the excess of which is titrated with 4-bromo-l-naphthalenediazonium chloride solution. 

Many useful titrations can be performed in glacial acetic acid, which is used widely for the titration of aromatic amines, amides, ureas, and other weak nitrogen bases. Direct titration of most amino acids with a standard acid can be performed in glacial acetic acid. 

Aromatic amines and epoxy groups may be determined by titration when present in the same sample. The former is carried out with 0.1 M of HC104 in glacial acetic acid, using Crystal Violet (150) as indicator, whereas the latter requires epoxide opening with HC1 and the presence of tetraethylammonium bromide250. 

Aliphatic amines generally have base dissociation constants on the order of 10 and can thus be titrated directly with a solution of a strong acid. In contrast, aromatic amines such as aniline and its derivatives are usually too weak for titration in aqueous medium ( Ib 10 °). The same is true for cyclic amines with aromatic character, such as pyridine and its derivatives. Many saturated cyclic amines, such as piperidine, tend to resemble aliphatic amines in their acid/base behavior and thus can be titrated in aqueous media. 

Triazenes ArN=NNHAr are formed as by-products of the diazotization reaction of primary aromatic amines. They can be determined by liberating the amine ArNH2 in strong acid, followed by potentiometric titration with nitrite in hydrobromic acid, using a gold electrode and a standard calomel electrode... 

I) Salts of aromatic amines, in aqueous or alcoholic solution, give an acid reaction with rosolic acid or phenolphthalein. The salt, preferably the hydrochloride or sulphate, is dissolved in water or dilute alcohol, phenolphthalein added, and the titration carried out in the ordinary manner with potassium hydroxide. 

Aromatic amines can be determined in dioxane solution by adding excess of sulphur trioxide (equation 47), then destroying the excess reagent with water and titrating the sulphiuic acid thus produced . 

Ethylhexaldehyde and vanillin (50) react, in a way similar to benzaldehyde, with primary aromatic amines the Schiff base (49) derived from 50 can be determined spectrophotometrically . With salicylaldehyde (51) the use of hydrogen cyanide is avoided, and instead the excess reagent is titrated with standardised sodium... 

In addition to the determination of total base, it is also possible to titrate mixtures. This can be done in two ways. One is to titrate mixtures based on the type of amines present. For example, one can distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary amines. This is done simply. Acetylate the primary and secondary amines in the mixture with acetic anhydride. They are converted to amides which are only weakly basic. Tertiary amines are not affected and titrate very well. A further differentiation can be made, however. The primary amine can be reacted with salicyl aldehyde to form a Schiff base. The secondary and tertiary amines are unaffected as far as basic strength is concerned, so that one can titrate the sum of secondary and tertiary amines. By these two titrations plus a determination of total amine, one can resolve the mixture. This approach works well for aliphatic amines, but not for aromatic amines. 

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