Polyhydric alcohol, determination

The separations so far referred to have involved conversion of the polyhydric compounds into volatile derivatives, but polyhydric alcohols may be separated directly on a column of Polypak. 473 This method has been used to determine such compounds in biological media. 

Chemical methods used for the determination of hydroxyl groups or alcoholic constituents in polymers are based on acetylation [16-18], phthalation [18], and reaction with phenyl isocyanate [18,19] or, when two adjacent hydroxy groups are present in the polymers, by reaction with potassium periodate [9,17]. Alcoholic hydroxyl groups may be found in the following polymers (1) poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) [20], (2) poly(methyl acrylate), [21], (3) poly(methyl methacrylate) [21], and (4) polyhydric alcohols in hydrolysates of poly(ester) resins [22]. 

Reaction LXVIH. Simultaneous Reduction and Halogenation of Poly-hydric Alcohols. (A., 138, 364.)—When polyhydric alcohols are heated with hydriodic acid, reduction of all the hydroxyl groups save one occurs this latter is replaced by iodine to form a secondary iodide. In this way, e.g., dulcitol, or any of the hexose alcohols, yields normal secondary hexyl iodide this is of importance in determining the chain structure of the sugars. This reaction probably occurs—... 

In addition to stereochemical influences, polar effects might be important in determining the initial site of oxidative attack on certain derivatives of polyhydric alcohols. Muller and Varga68 found that the polyhydroxy furoic ester derivative (XIV) gave the 2-C -formyl derivative (XV) in about 80 %... 

These treatments convert to ionic substances, and remove, nearly all constituents of natural materials the acid treatments release any inositol present as phosphate, or combined in phospholipids, glycosides, etc. Glycerol remains in the deionized sample, but it can be oxidized separately, or be removed by heat decomposition or by repeatedly evaporating the solution to dryness. Such polyhydric alcohols of greater chain length as erythritol and mannitol, when present, would still interfere. However, corrections can be made for these compounds by determining the formaldehyde which they form on periodate oxidation, or they may be removed by chromatography on filter paper. The micro-periodate method is well suited to the analysis of samples eluted from filter paper, provided that care is exercised to remove the tiny particles of cellulose which are usually found in such eluates. 

G. Nemethy and H. A. Scheraga, J. Phys. Chem., 80, 928 (1977). lntermolecular Potentials from Crystal Data. 5. Determination of Empirical Potentials for O—H - O Hydrogen Bonds from Packing Configurations and Lattice Energies of Polyhydric Alcohols. 

Nemethy C, Scheraga HA (1977) Interatomic potentials from crystal data. V. Determination of empirical parameters of OH—O hydrogen bonds from packing considerations and lattice energies of polyhydric alcohols. J Phys Chem 81 928-931... 

Ball, G.F.M. 1990. The application of HPLC to the determination of low molecular weight sugars and polyhydric alcohols in foods a review, Food Chem., 35 117-152. 

Carbohydrates (many of them being at the same time polyhydric alcohols) and those of their derivatives that are of interest in the above context are usually water soluble (notable exceptions, the biopolymers cellulose and chitin). Good water solubility has allowed to study the radiation chemistry of their aqueous solutions without the difficulties that are encountered in the case of poorly soluble substrates. Difficulties are mainly of a product-analytical nature. It is relatively easy to determine the low-molecular weight carbohydrate products that are formed via the unimolecular transformation of the starting radical, while it is very difficult to analyse completely the complex mixtures of the dehydro dimers which arise from the substrates under anoxic conditions as several different primary radicals intercombine and, in addition, different stereochemical options exist for each combination. 

Based on die pH dependency of die catalytic rate constants, die reactivity of die polyhydric alcohols was attributed to die anion derived from ionization of a hydroxy group in die polyhydric alcohol. The second-order rate constants representing die nucleophilic reactivity of die polyhydric alcohol anions were determined. Results diowed diat die nucleophilic reactivity of dextrose, sucrose, sorbitol and mannitol is similar to other alcohols of comparable pl<. .."... 

Studies on the differentiation between alkyd enamels by conventional Py-GC have been carried out. As discussed previously, more structural information about alkyd enamels may be obtained by the THM technique. Polybasic acid, polyhydric alcohol, drying oil composition, oil length, degree of cure, and any rosin modification can be determined. The discrimination between alkyd enamels is therefore improved. For example, the alkyd enamel whose pyrogram is shown in Figure 8.4 gives the THM profile shown in Figure 8.5. 

The detection and identification of polar components is also possible using simultaneous hydrolysis and alkylation. These are normally difficult or impossible to determine because they tend to remain on the column, cause peak tailing, show poor reproducibility, or lose their identity due to the formation of low molecular weight fragments. Thus, for example, methyl esters of polybasic acids and long-chain fatty acids and methyl ethers of polyhydric alcohols are formed from alkyd resins with TMAH, whereas in conventional PyGC, aldehydes are formed from polyols, and alkanes and alkenes from fatty acids (Figure 6). 

Study of the ECL based on Ru(bpy)3 revealed that luminescence intensity of monohydric alcohols decreased as alkyl chain length of the molecules increased while increase in the number of hydroxyl groups in a molecule leads to enhancement in limiinescence intensity for polyhydric alcohols [120]. Moreover, electrochemical redox potentials, PL, and relative ECL-FIA studies were described for polyamine dendrimers functionalized with electrochemiluminescent polypyridyl Ru(II) complexes, synthesized through the complexation of dendritic polypyridyl hgands to Ru(II) complexes [121]. The adaptability of the newly fabricated thin-layer electrochemical flow cell for amperometric and ECL measurements combined with FI method is demonstrated. This detection is followed by spectrophotometric detection for determination of bromide using the fabricated ceU [122]. 

The rate of esterification of acetic, propionic, citric, butyric, malic, succinic, lactic, and tartaric acids at three different pH s over a 30- to 60-day period was determined by Espil and Peynaud (1936). They showed that none of the ethyl esters of the polyhydric alcohols contribute to the aroma and would not even if present at ten times their normal amounts. Tomaghelli (1937) studied the rate of esterification of the system acetic acid-ethyl alcohol and that of saponification of the system ethyl acetate-water at 100° C. (212° F.) for 500 hours and at 150° C. (302° F.) for 320 hours. 

Determination of C2 through C5 Hydrocarbons in Gasoline by GC Polyhydric Alcohols in Alkyd Resin Phenols in Water Oil and Oil Acids FAME Analysis... 

Ethylene oxide and propylene oxide adducts of polyhydric alcohols and amines are widely used as polyethers in the production of polyurethane foams by reaction with diisocyanate. The physical properties of the foams depend to a certain extent on the chemical structure of these polyethers, so it is very important to establish a method for the identification of the base compounds and for the determination of the proportions of their oxyethylene and oxypropylene groups. 

In this way, the content of oxyethylene groups (and therefore the original polyhydric alcohols) can be determined. Stead and Hindley [74] modified this method and obtained good results for the determination of the oxyethylene group contents of ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymers. 

Glycerin and ethylene glycol do not interfere in the determination, but when the proportion of polyhydric alcohol is relatively great, it is an advantage to leave the hydrochloride residue for two hours in the steam-oven before treating it with the wopropyl alcohol. 

The detection of polyhydric alcohols is carried out by determining (a) the presence of iodate, or (b) the carbonyl compound formed in the reaction mixture. 

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