Selenium acids, sodium hydride

Selenium oxide (SeO,) [7446-08-4], 25 Silane, tnchloro [ 10025-78-2], 83 Sodium azide [26628-22-8], 109 Sodium hydride [7646-69-7], 20 Stannane, tetrachloro- [7646-78-8], 97 Sulfuric acid, diethyl ester [64-67-5], 48 dimethyl ester [77-78-1], 62 Sulfuryl chloride isocyanate [1189-71-5], 41... 

Disulfur dinitride, 6 126 Disulfur pentoxydiehloride, 3 124 analysis of, 3 126 Dithiocarbamates, of selenium(II) and tellurium(II), 4 91 Dithionic acid, salts of, 2 167 Dithionite ion, formation of, from sulfur dioxide by sodium hydride, 5 13... 

Selenium/Sulfur Acids. A strong base such as sodium hydride is not normally needed to facilitate alkylation of thiols. However, it was necessary to use sodium hydride for the alkylation of 5-bromo-i>-pentano-1,4-lactones (eq 45). The base typically employed for this transformation (NaOMe) is not compatihle with the lactone functionality. 

The optimal reaction conditions for the generation of the hydrides can be quite different for the various elements. The type of acid and its concentration in the sample solution often have a marked effect on sensitivity. Additional complications arise because many of the hydrideforming elements exist in two oxidation states which are not equally amenable to borohydride reduction. For example, potassium iodide is often used to pre-reduce AsV and SbV to the 3+ oxidation state for maximum sensitivity, but this can also cause reduction of Se IV to elemental selenium from which no hydride is formed. For this and other reasons Thompson et al. [132] found it necessary to develop a separate procedure for the determination of selenium in soils and sediments although arsenic, antimony and bismuth could be determined simultaneously [133]. A method for simultaneous determination of As III, Sb III and Se IV has been reported in which the problem of reduction of Se IV to Se O by potassium iodide was circumvented by adding the potassium iodide after the addition of sodium borohydride [134], Goulden et al. [123] have reported the simultaneous determination of arsenic, antimony, selenium, tin and bismuth, but it appears that in this case the generation of arsine and stibene occurs from the 5+ oxidation state. 

All four dissolution procedures studied were found to be suitable for arsenic determinations in biological marine samples, but only one (potassium hydroxide fusion) yielded accurate results for antimony in marine sediments and only two (sodium hydroxide fusion or a nitricperchloric-hydrofluoric acid digestion in sealed Teflon vessels) were appropriate for determination of selenium in marine sediments. Thus, the development of a single procedure for the simultaneous determination of arsenic, antimony and selenium (and perhaps other hydride-forming elements) in marine materials by hydride generation inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry requires careful consideration not only of the oxidation-reduction chemistry of these elements and its influence on the hydride generation process but also of the chemistry of dissolution of these elements. 

Selenium is converted to its volatile hydride by reaction with sodium boro-hydride, and the cold hydride vapor is introduced to flame AA for analysis. Alternatively, selenium is digested with nitric acid and 30% H2O2, diluted and analyzed by furnace-AA spectrophotometer. The metal also may be analyzed by ICP-AES or ICP/MS. The wavelengths most suitable for its measurements are 196.0 nm for flame- or furnace-AA and 196.03 nm for ICP-AES. Selenium also may be measured by neutron activation analysis and x-ray fluorescence. 

Chemical vaporisation. Some elements (such as arsenic, bismuth, tin and selenium) are difficult to reduce in a flame when they are in higher oxidation states. For these atoms, the sample is reacted with a reducing agent prior to analysis (sodium borohydride or tin chloride in acidic media) in a separate vessel. The volatile hydride formed is carried by a make-up gas into a quartz cell placed in the flame (Fig. 14.10). 

Nitric-perchloric acid digestion HCI reduction sodium borohydride reduction measure selenium hydride HGAAS No data 33-73% Oster and Prellwitz 1982... 

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