Naphthol Test

Molisch s test See alpha-naphthol test. mucoprotein See proteoglycan. 

Molisch s test A general test for carbohydrates. The carbohydrate is dissolved in water, alcoholic 1-naphthol added, and concentrated sulphuric acid poured down the side of the tube. A deep violet ring is formed at the junction of the liquids. A modification, the rapid furfural test , is used to distinguish between glucose and fructose. A mixture of the sugar, 1-naphthol, and concentrated hydrochloric acid is boiled. With fructose and saccharides containing fructose a violet colour is produced immediately the solution boils. With glucose the appearance of the colour is slower. 

Molisch s Test. Dissolve about 01 g. of the carbohydrate in z ml. of water (for starch use 2 ml. of starch solution ), add 2-3 drops of a 1 % alcoholic solution of i-naphthol (ignoring traces of the latter precipitated by the water) and then carefully pour 2 ml. of cone. H2SO4 down the side of the test-tube so that it forms a heavy layer at the bottom. A deep violet coloration is produced where the liquids meet. This coloration is due apparently to the formation of an unstable condensation product of i-naphthol with furfural (an aldehyde produced by the dehydration of the carbohydrate). 

TEST Phenol Resorcinol 1 Hydro-Catechol 1 quinone e-Cresol m-C resol p-C resol i-Naphthol 2-Naphthol... 

Many compounds capable of chelation have been tested for antimicrobial properties. Those showing positive results include saHcylaldoxime [94-67-7] l-nitroso-2-naphthol [131-91-9] mercaptobenzothiazol [149-30-4], dimethylglyoxime [95-45-4], saHcylaldehyde [90-02-8], cupferron [135-20-6], phenanthroline [66-71-7], isoniazid [54-85-3], thiosemicarbazones, the sulfur analogue of oxine, and numerous antibiotics (qv) including tetracyclines. Whether these compounds function exclusively, partially, or at all by virtue of their abiHty to chelate is open to debate. 

Mix a few drops of a glucose solution with a few drops of an alcoholic solution of n-naphthol and poui slowly down the side of the test-tube a few drops of cone, sulphunc acid. A violet colouration is produced. (Molisch s reaction.) See AppendiXt p. 271. 

In the context of their new synthetic route to arenediazo phenyl ethers (see Sec. 6.2), Tezuka et al. (1987 a, 1989) investigated the reaction products of phenyldi-azo 1-naphthyl ether (12.10) under various conditions. When an acetonitrile solution of the diazo ether 12.10 was kept standing at room temperature for one week in the dark, the 4- and 2-phenylazo-l-naphthol isomers (12.11 and 12.12) were formed in 48% (20%) and 9% (8%) yields respectively. In the presence of acid (aqueous HC1 or H2S04) or of various bases (aqueous NaOH, pyridine, aniline, or sodium acetate) the yields of the azo products are much lower, but higher proportions of biphenyl, 1-naphthol, and phenol are formed. The crosscoupling product l-phenylazo-2-naphthol was not detected when the reaction was carried out in the presence of 2-naphthol. As this mechanistic test reaction gave rather low yields of the two azo compounds 12.11 and 12.12 in the presence and absence of 2-naphthol,... 

Although these collectors were effective cassiterite collectors, their selectivity against topaz was not satisfactory. In order to overcome this problem, amino naphthol disulphonic acid was found to be a good topaz depressant in the presence of alkane carboxylic acid. This reagent scheme has not been tested in a commercial operation. 

Textile prints score poorly in dry cleaning tests involving agents such as per-chloroethylene, a feature which is typical of Naphthol AS pigments. P.R.10 is affected by dry heat and is equally unsuitable for PVC coatings. The prints equal step 6-7 on the Blue Scale for lightfastness, depending on the depth of shade. 

A sample of the reaction mixture should not become turbid when sodium acetate solution is added. But if now a few drops of a solution of an aniline salt are poured in, there is precipitated yellow diazoaminobenzene, which can be re-dissolved with concentrated hydrochloric acid after a few small pieces of ice have been added. Further, when a few particles of j8-naphthol or of R-acid are dissolved in a small excess of 2 A-sodium hydroxide solution and a sample of the diazo-solution is added, an intense red colour is produced. The development of this colour, which results from coupling , is an infallible test for a diazonium salt, and hence also for the corresponding primary aromatic amine. 

The development of the intense colour of the azo-dyes provides a delicate and distinctive test for primary aromatic amines. Since the naphthalene derivatives are more deeply coloured than those of benzene, it is customary to use not phenol but j8-naphthol or the so-called R-acid ( acid for Red ), i.e. /S-naphthol-3 6-disulphonic acid ... 

When heated with a strong acid, pentoses and hexoses are dehydrated to form furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural derivatives respectively (Figure 9.20), the aldehyde groups of which will then condense with a phenolic compound to form a coloured product. This reaction forms the basis of some of the oldest qualitative tests for the detection of carbohydrates, e.g. the Molisch test using concentrated sulphuric acid and a-naphthol. 

Catalyst 329, prepared from trimethylaluminum and 3,3/-bis(triphenylsily 1)-1,1 /-bi-2-naphthol, allowed the preparation of the endo cycloadduct (2S )-327 with 67% ee. The use of non-polar solvents raised the ee, but lowered the chemical yield213. Recently, it was reported that the reaction to form 327 exhibited autoinduction when mediated by catalyst 326214. This was attributed to a co-operative interaction of the cycloadduct with the catalyst, generating a more selective catalytic species. A wide variety of carbonyl ligands were tested for their co-operative effect on enantioselectivity. Sterically crowded aldehydes such as pivaldehyde provided the best results. Surprisingly, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds were even more effective than monocarbonyl compounds. The asymmetric induction increased from 82 to 92% ee when di(l-adamantyl)-2,2-dimethylmalonate was added while at the same time the reaction temperature was allowed to increase by 80 °C, from -80 °C to 0°C. 

Riegler stest analychem Analytical technique for nitrous acid uses sodium naphthi-onate and p-naphthol. reg-lsrz, test ... 

---