Sodium Nitrite—Naphthol

The specific detection of aromatic nitro compounds is a second example. These can be converted by reduction to primary amines, which are then diazotized and coupled to yield azo dyes (cf. reagent sequence Titanium(III) chloride — Bratton-Marshall reagent ). Sodium nitrite —naphthol reagent, diazotized sulfanilic acid and other reagents specific for amino groups (e.g. ninhydrin, fluorescamine, DOOB, NBD chloride [9]) can also be used in the second stage of the reaction (Fig. 21). 

Required Aniline, 4-5 ml. hydrochloric acid, icml. sodium nitrite, 4 g. 2-naphthol, 7 g. 

Dissolve 4 5 ml. of aniline in a mixture of 10 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 20 ml. of water cool the solution to 5°, and diazotise by the addition of 4 g. of sodium nitrite dissolved in 20 ml, of water, observing the usual precautions given on page 181. Dissolve 7 g. of 2-naphthol in 60 ml. of 10% sodium hydroxide solution contained in a 200 ml. beaker, and cool this solution to 5 by external cooling, aided by the direct addition of about 20-30 g. of crushed ice. Now add the diazotised solution very slowly to the naphthol solution, keeping the latter well stirred meanwhile the mixed solutions immediately develop a deep red colour, and the benzeneazonaphthol should... 

Azo-dye formation. Dissolve 2-3 drops of aniline in 1 ml. of cone. HCl and add 3 ml. of water. Shaike to dissolve any hydrochloride which may have separated and cool in ice. Add a few drops of 20% sodium nitrite solution. Add this cold diazonium solution to a cold solution of the phenol in an excess of aqueous NaOH solution. Solutions or precipitates of azo-dyes ranging in colour from orange through scarlet to dark red, according to the phenol used, are obtained. Note in particular that i-naphthol gives a brownish-red, 2-naphthol a scarlet precipitate. Catechol decomposes. 

Diazotisation. Dissolve 0 2 g. of the substance in about 5 ml. of dil. HCl, warming if necessary. Cool in ice-water and add sodium nitrite solution drop by drop the end of the diazotisation is marked by the complete decolorisation of the solution. Pour the diazonium solution into a cold solution of 2-naphthol in a considerable excess of NaOH solution a brilliant red dye is produced. 

Treatment of a solution of sodium nitrite and the sodium salt of p-naphthol with sulphuric acid gives an excellent jdeld of a-nitroso- p-naphthol ... 

Dissolve 100 g. of p-naphthol (Section IV,102) in a warm solution of 28 g. of sodium hydroxide in 1200 ml. of water contained in a 2-5 htre round-bottomed or bolt-head flask fitted with a mechanical stirrer. Cool the solution to 0° in a bath of ice and salt, and add 50 g. of powdered sodium nitrite. Start the stirrer and add, by means of a separatory funnel supported above the flask, 220 g. (166-5 ml.) of sulphuric acid (sp. gr. 1 32) at such a rate that the whole is added during 90 minutes... 

Dyes. Sodium nitrite is a convenient source of nitrous acid in the nitrosation and diatozation of aromatic amines. When primary aromatic amines react with nitrous acid, the intermediate diamine salts are produced which, on coupling to amines, phenols, naphthols, and other compounds, form the important azo dyes (qv). The color center of the dye or pigment is the -N=N- group and attached groups modify the color. Many dyes and pigments (qv) have been manufactured with shades of the entire color spectmm. 

A) Diazotizalion of Sulfanilic Acid.—A mixture of 105 g. (0.5 mole) of sulfanilic acid dihydrate, 26.5 g. (0.25 mole) of anhydrous sodium carbonate, and 500 cc. of water is heated and stirred until all the sulfanilic acid has dissolved, and the solution is then cooled in an ice bath to 15° (sodium sulfanilate begins to crystallize at this temperature). A solution of 37 g. (0.54 mole) of sodium nitrite in 100 cc. of water is added and the resulting solution is poured at once onto a mixture of 106 cc. (1.25 moles) (Note i) of concentrated hydrochloric acid (sp. gr. 1.18) and 600 g. of ice contained in a 2-I. beaker. The solution, from which -benzenediazonium sulfonate separates on stirring, is allowed to stand in an ice bath for fifteen to twenty-five minutes, during which time the naphtholate solution is prepared. 

Note Note that the diazotization of primary aromatic amines can also be achieved by placing the chromatogram for 3 — 5 min in a twin-trough chamber containing nitrous fumes (fume cupboard ). The fumes are produced in the empty trough of the chamber by addition of 25% hydrochloric acid to a 20% sodium nitrite solution [2, 4], iV-(l-Naphthyl)ethylenediamine can be replaced in the reagent by a- or -naphthol [10, 14], but this reduces the sensitivity of detection [2]. Spray solutions Ila and lib can also be used as dipping solutions. 

Sodium nitrite -l-a-naphthol or Bratton-Marshail reagent... 

Primary aromatic amines are first diazotized by the action of sodium nitrite in acid solution and then coupled, for instance, with 1-naphthol to form azo dyes (cC Bratton-Marshall reagent, Vol. 1 a). ... 

Nitrosylsulfuric acid, prepared by dissolving sodium nitrite in concentrated sulfuric acid, is employed for amines of low basicity, whose diazonium salts will hydrolyze in dilute acid. In order to synthesize Pigment Orange 5, for instance, 2,4-dinitroaniline is dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid and diazotized preferably with nitrosylsulfuric acid. Coupling is carried out with a (3-naphthol suspension, produced by acidifying a sodium naphtholate solution. 

The reaction sequence is the usual one. The hydrochloride of the aromatic amine is diazotized with sodium nitrite/hydrochloric acid and subsequently coupled onto a Naphthol AS derivative. 

Pigment synthesis follows the typical route to azo pigment lakes the aniline derivative or the aniline sulfonic acid is diazotized with sodium nitrite in an acidic medium (hydrochloric acid), followed by coupling on the Naphthol AS derivative, which is initially dissolved in an alkaline solution and then precipitated by adding inorganic or acetic acid. If a Naphthol AS sulfonic acid is used as a coupling component, it must be neutralized with alkali for dissolution and coupled directly. 

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