Use of 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of glyoxylic acid for the determination of glyoxylic acid by the chromatographic-spectrophotometric method and by differential pulse polarography

Two different methods (one based on chromatography and spectrophotometry and the other on polarography) have been developed for the determination of glyoxylic acid in the form of a derivative with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPHGA). The TLC method allows the separation of two DNPHGA isomers (trans and cis). Spectrophotometric measurements of the eluents of the separated compounds (=360 nm) allow the determination of GA within the range from 4 to 30 g. Using differential pulse polarography, the conditions of DNPHGA formation were examined. The reduction peak of this derivative (E_P=–0.430 V), observed by dpp, was used to develop a polarographic determination of GA within the concentration range from 110^-4 to 710^–4 mol/l.