Titanium complexes hydrogen peroxide determination

Peroxidic Compounds. When hydrogen peroxide is added to a solution of titanium(IV) compounds, an intense, stable, yellow solution is obtained, which forms the basis of a sensitive method for determining small amounts of titanium. The color probably results from the peroxo complex [Ti(02)(0H)(H20)J, and crystalline salts such as K2[Ti(02)(S0 2] H20 can be isolated from alkaline solutions. The peroxo ligand is bidentate the two oxygen atoms ate equidistant from the titanium (98). 

In acid media titanium ions give with hydrogen peroxide a yellow-orange complex [Ti0.H202] which forms the basis of the well-known method for determining titanium [19]. The method is simple and fairly selective, but of rather low sensitivity. 

Another option is to place the filtration unit inside the flow cell, as demonstrated in the spectrophotometric flow injection determination of hydrogen peroxide [297]. The analyte interacted with titanium(IV) and 2-((5-bromopyridyl)azo)-5-(N-propyl-N-sulfopropylamino) phenol (PAPS) yielding a red-purple complex. After ion pairing with CTAB, the complex was adsorbed and concentrated on a very small area of the membrane filter positioned inside the flow cell. The analyte was quantified directly in the membrane by solid-phase spectrophotometry (see 4.1.1.4). Thereafter, ethanol was injected in order to solubilise the complex and transport it to waste. 

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