Hydrazine, determination

D.R. Shankaran and S.S. Narayanan, Amperometric sensor for hydrazine determination based on mechanically immobilized nickel hexacyanoferrate modified electrode. Russian J. Electrochem. 37, 1149-1153 (2001). 

MethylhydrazIne. Harris al. (325) have determined, using a flash photolysis-resonance fluorescence technique, a rate constant of k (6.5 +1.3) X 10 cm molecule" sec , independent of temperature over the range 298-424°K, for this compotmd. By comparison with the rate constant for the reaction of OH radicals with hydrazine, determined In the same study (k > (6.1 + 1.0) x 10 11 cm3 molecule sec Independent of temperature over the range 298-424°K), It Is postulated that the reaction proceeds via H atom abstraction from the N-H bonds. 

Anodic stripping voltammetry at a mercury film electrode can be used to determine whether an individual has recently fired a gun by looking for traces of antimony in residue collected from the individual s hands, fn a typical analysis a sample is collected with a cotton-tipped swab that had been wetted with 5% v/v HNO3. When returned to the lab, the swab is placed in a vial containing 5.00 mb of 4 M HCl that is 0.02 M in hydrazine sulfate. After allowing the swab to soak overnight,... 

The organic reagents are used extensively for determinations series of elements by different methods of analysis. We carry out the systematical investigation of organic derivatives of hydrazine as a reagent for determinations ion of metals by photometric and extractive-photometric methods or analysis, as well as methods of atomic absorption spectrometry. Series procedure determinations ion of metals in technical and environmental objects have been developed. 

As the result of the performed investigations was offered to make direct photometric determination of Nd microgram quantities in the presence of 500-fold and 1100-fold quantities of Mo and Pb correspondingly. The rare earth determination procedure involves sample dissolution in HCI, molybdenum reduction to Mo (V) by hydrazine and lead and Mo (V) masking by EDTA. The maximal colour development of Nd-arsenazo III complex was obtained at pH 2,7-2,8. The optimal condition of Nd determination that was established permit to estimate Nd without separation in solution after sample decomposition. Relative standard deviations at determination of 5-20 p.g of Nd from 0,1 g PbMoO are 0,1-0,03. The received data allow to use the offered procedure for solving of wide circle of analytical problems. 

The reaction conditions (neutral, acidic or basic) do have an affect on the regioselectivity of the reaction. Acidic reaction conditions have also been shown to preferentially provide one regioisomer over basic conditions for reactions of aryl hydrazines. Extensive studies with 2-perfluoroacylcycloalkanones and mono-substituted hydrazines were studied to determine the selectivity of various alkyl-, aryl-, and heteroaryl-substituted hydrazines. Reactions of the aryl hydrazine 21 with the trifluoromethyl-substituted cycloalkanone 22 under neutral conditions (methanol, reflux) gave a mixture of isomers 23 and 24, whereas the reaction of the pyridyl hydrazine 25 was shown to give exclusively 26. 

Factors that affect the rate-determining step (171 172) will influence the overall rate of reaction. A stronger nucleophile, such as hydrazine, is certainly more efficient than hydroxide, but no studies have been reported on the alternative variation of the electrophilicity of the 4-carbonyl group. Ring-opening may occur at either the 3 4.35,91,136,136 qj. 1 2-bouds in pyridopyrimidine-2,4(lH,-... 

Evidence in favor of the amino-thionic tautomeric form of 2-amino-l,3,4-thiazoline-5-thione 239 (A = X = S R = H) was obtained from X-ray structural determinations [72AX(B)1584]. A NMR-spectroscopic study (77JOC3725) of compounds 239 (A = Se X = S R = Me) demonstrated their amino-thionic structure. A similar tautomeric form 240 is also dominant for the hydrazine derivative (R = NHNHCOPh) [73JCS(P2)4]. 

Two hydrogen-transfer systems have been developed that also give good yields of hydroxylamines. One uses 5% palladium-on-carbon in aqueous tetrahydrofuran with phosphinic acid or its sodium salt as hydrogen donor the other uses 5% rhodium-on-carbon in aqueous tetrahydrofuran and hydrazine as donor. These systems are complementary and which is the better may depend on the substrate (36). The reductions cannot be followed by pressure drop, and both require analysis of the product to determine when the reduction should be terminated. 

One of the reactions used in determining the sequence ot nucleotides in a strand of DNA is reaction with hydrazine. Propose a mechanism for the following reaction, which occurs by an initial conjugate addition followed by internal amide formation. 

Discussion. This gravimetric determination depends upon the separation and weighing as elementary selenium or tellurium (or as tellurium dioxide). Alkali selenites and selenious acid are reduced in hydrochloric acid solution with sulphur dioxide, hydroxylammonium chloride, hydrazinium sulphate or hydrazine hydrate. Alkali selenates and selenic acid are not reduced by sulphur dioxide alone, but are readily reduced by a saturated solution of sulphur dioxide in concentrated hydrochloric acid. In working with selenium it must be remembered that appreciable amounts of the element may be lost on warming strong hydrochloric acid solutions of its compounds if dilute acid solutions (concentration <6M) are heated at temperatures below 100 °C the loss is negligible. 

No satisfactory direct gravimetric procedure is available but nitrite can be oxidised to nitrate by permanganate or cerium(IV) and then determined in that form. The determination of total nitrate + nitrite is an important analysis, e.g. for soil samples. Nitrite may be destroyed using urea, sulphamic acid or hydrazine sulphate the reaction with the former is ... 

Kuvada, Determination of Water in Hydrazine by Gas Chromatography , JetPropulsionLabora-tory TR 32-362 (1962) 30) M. Roth, Pro-... 

Dinitrophenyl-hydrazine has been successfully employed in the analysis of simple aldehydes, substituted aldehydes, glyoxal and gluteraldehyde (43-45), all the isomers of the C3 to C7 aliphatic ketones (44,45) and in the determination of formaldehyde in tobacco smoke (46). 

GPT activity was determined by the colorimetric method with 2,4-dinitrophenyl-hydrazine (refs. 12,13). Results were calculated on the basis of the calibration prepared from pyruvate, made for each series of determinations. The amount of pyruvate (pmol/cm ) formed during 1 h incubation at 37 °C was assumed as the activity unit. 

C09-0021. Hydrazine, occasionally used as a rocket fuel, has the chemical formula N2 H4. Determine the Lewis stmcture of hydrazine and draw a picture that shows the shape of the molecule. 

When hot, ammonia and compounds, which contain nitrogen-hydrogen bonds eg ammonium salts and cyanides react violently with chlorates and alkaline perchlorates. Diammonlum sulphate, ammonium chloride, hydroxyl-amine, hydrazine, sodamide, sodium cyanide and ammonium thiocyanate have been cited. So far as hydrazine is concerned, the danger comes from the formation of a complex with sodium or lithium perchlorate, which is explosive when ground. Many of these interactions are explosive but the factors which determine the seriousness of the accident are not known. 

For fast reactions (i.e., < 1 min.), open tubular reactors are commonly used. They simply consist of a mixing device and a coiled stainless steel or Teflon capillary tube of narrow bore enclosed in a thermostat. The length of the capillary tube and the flow rate through it control the reaction time. Reagents such as fluorescamine and o-phthalaldehyde are frequently used in this type of system to determine primary amines, amino acids, indoles, hydrazines, etc., in biological and environmental samples. 

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