Thymol blue solution

Mixed indicator solution. Mix two volumes of 0.1 per cent phenolphthalein solution and three volumes of 0.1 per cent thymol blue solution (both in ethanol). 

Materials Required Benzoic acid 60 mg dimethylbromide 10 ml thymol blue solution (0.3% w/v in methanol) 0.1 N tetrabutylammonium hydroxide. 

Thymol Blue solution (0.04%) Dissolve 0.04 g Thymol blue indicator in 100 mL 95% ethanol. 

Thymol blue solution is prepared by adding 3 drops of 0.1% thymol blue in every 5 ml of 0.005 N HCl solution. 

For the test, add 5 ml neutralised sample solution to 5 ml thymol blue solution. Shake well and observe the colour of the mixture. A reddish-purple colour is the evidence of existence of anionic surfactants in the sample solution. 

The pFL-dependent partitioning of the ionizable, cationic dye thymol blue has also been investigated [6]. In its neutral, zwitterionic, and monoanionic forms, the dye preferentially partitions into the IL phase (from acidic solution), the partition coefficient to the IL increasing with increasing IL hydrophobicity. Under basic conditions, the dye is in the dianionic form and partitions into water (Figure 3.3-9). 

Sulphonphthaleins. These indicators are usually supplied in the acid form. They are rendered water-soluble by adding sufficient sodium hydroxide to neutralise the sulphonic acid group. One gram of the indicator is triturated in a clean glass mortar with the appropriate quantity of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide solution, and then diluted with water to 1 L. The following volumes of 0.1 M sodium hydroxide are required for 1 g of the indicators bromophenol blue, 15.0 mL bromocresol green, 14.4 mL bromocresol purple, 18.6 mL chlorophenol red, 23.6 mL bromothymol blue, 16.0 mL phenol red, 28.4 mL thymol blue, 21.5 mL cresol red, 26.2 mL metacresol purple, 26.2 mL. 

Thymol blue is used extensively as an indicator for titrations of substances acting as acids in dimethylformamide solution. It is used as a 0.2 per cent w/v solution in methanol with a sharp colour change from yellow to blue at the end point. 

Procedure B. The experimental details for the preparation of the initial solution are similar to those given under Procedure A. Titrate 25 or 50 mL of the cold solution with standard 0.1M hydrochloric acid and methyl orange, methyl orange-indigo carmine, or bromophenol blue as indicator. Titrate another 25 or 50 mL of the cold solution, diluted with an equal volume of water, slowly with the standard acid using phenolphthalein or, better, the thymol-blue cresol red mixed indicator in the latter case, the colour at the end point is rose. Calculate the result as described in the Discussion above. 

A slight excess of 10 per cent barium chloride solution is added to the hot solution to precipitate the carbonate as barium carbonate, and the excess of sodium hydroxide solution immediately determined, without filtering off the precipitate, by titration with the same standard acid phenolphthalein or thymol blue is used as indicator. If the volume of excess of sodium hydroxide solution added corresponds to timL of 1M sodium hydroxide and u mL 1M acid corresponds to the excess of the latter, then v — v = hydrogencarbonate, and V— v — v ) = carbonate. 

In the second procedure a portion of the cold solution is slowly titrated with standard 0.1M hydrochloric acid, using phenolphthalein, or better, the thymol blue-cresol red mixed indicator. This (say, YmL) corresponds to half the carbonate (compare Section 10.32) ... 

Pipette 25 mL barium ion solution (ca 0.01 M) into a 250 mL conical flask and dilute to about 100 mL with de-ionised water. Adjust the pH of the solution to 12 by the addition of 3-6 mL of 1M sodium hydroxide solution the pH must be checked with a pH meter as it must lie between 11.5 and 12.7. Add 50 mg of methyl thymol blue/potassium nitrate mixture [see Section 10.50(C)] and titrate with standard (0.01 M) EDTA solution until the colour changes from blue to grey. 

C18-0102. A solution has a pH of 8.5. What would be the color of the solution if the following indicators were present in the solution (a) methyl orange (b) phenol red (c) bromocresol green and (d) thymol blue (See Table 18-2. )... 

After cooling and dilution with methyl-Cellosolve (2-methoxyethanol), acetic anhydride is slowly added (in order to convert the secondary amine to amide) and the solution is cooled to room temperature. Finally, the resulting tertiary amine, representing the original unsaturate, is titrated with 0.5 N perchloric acid in methyl-Cellosolve, either visually (with thymol blue + xylene cyanol... 

CHARACTERIZATION. The intrinsic viscosity of the soluble fractions was determined in toluene at 30 C. The MAH content of the soluble fractions was determined by heating a 0.5-1.0g portion in refluxing water-saturated xylene for 1 hr and titrating the hot solution with 0.05N ethanolic KOH using 1% thymol blue in DMF as indicator. 

Although litmus paper, cabbage juice, and phenolphthalein can indicate whether a substance is acidic or basic, they have limitations in that they cannot determine an exact pH. To do this, an acid-base indicator called universal indicator can be used. Universal indicator is actually a mixture of several different acid-base indicators (usually phenolphthalein, methyl red, bromthymol blue, and thymol blue). This mixture produces a wide range of colors to indicate different pHs. Under very acidic conditions, universal indicator is red. It turns orange and then yellow between the pHs of 3 to 6. It is green at neutral pH and turns greenish-blue as a solution becomes more alkaline. In very basic conditions, universal indicator turns a dark purple color. 

Procedure The apparatus shown in Figure 5.1, is employed for the standardization of 0.1 N methoxide solution. Transfer 10 ml of DMF in a conical flask and add to it 3 to 4 drops of thymol blue and first neutralize the acidic impurities present in DMF by titrating with 0.1 N lithium methoxide in toluene-methanol. Quickly introduce 0.06 g of benzoic acid and titrate immediately with methoxide in toluene-methanol. 

Standardization of 0.1 M Tetrabutylammonium Hydroxide To 10 ml of dimethylformamide add 0.05 ml of a 0.3 % w/v solution of thymol blue in methanol and titrate with the tetrabutylammonium hydroxide solution until a pure blue colour is produced. Immediately add 0.2 g of benzoic acid, stir to effect solution and titrate with the tetrabutylammonium hydroxide solution until the pure blue colour is restored. Protect the solution from atmospheric C02 throughout the titration. The volume of titrant used in the second titration represents the amount of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide required. Each ml of 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium hydroxide Vs is equivalent to 12.21 mg of C7Hg02. 

Equivalent Weight. Three reliable analytical methods are available to determine the equivalent weight of CTPB prepolymer (1) titration by 0.1 N sodium methylate in pyridine solution to the thymol blue end point, (2) infrared spectroscopy, and (3) nuclear magnetic resonance. Satisfactory agreement has been obtained between these instrumental analyses and the acid content as determined by titration (Table XVI). 

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