Solvent extraction and spectrophotometric including graphite furnace atomic absorption determination of molybdenum in the environment

A selective and sensitive method for the extraction and microgram determination of molybdenum (VI) with hydroxamic acid as yellow molybdenum-hydroxamate complex from acidic medium is described. The molybdenum-PCPPSAHA complex has _max 388 nm, molar absorptivity 5.0 × 10³l mol^–1 cm^–1. The system obeys Beer's law in the range of 1–28 g/ml of molybdenum(VI). Sandell's sensitivity is 0.0192 g cm² and stoichiometry of the complex is 12, molybdenum: PCPPSAHA while mixed complex molybdenum-PCPPSAHA-morin has _max 400 nm and molar absorptivity 5.9 × 10³lmo1^–1 cm^–1 and stoichiometry of the complex is 121.The molybdenum is determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry after directly pipetted the extract into the furnace which increases the sensitivity 20 fold.     

Assay of cisapride in pharmaceutical formulations by visible spectrophotometry

Three spectrophotometric methods (A-C) for the assay of cisapride (CPD) in pure and dosage forms are described. Method A is based on the oxidative coupling reaction of CPD with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone hydrochloride (MBTH) in the presence of ferric chloride to form a coloured species (_max; 565 nm.) Method B is based on the oxidation of CPD with Fe (III) and subsequent chelation of Fe(II) to form a coloured complex with 1,10-phenanthroline (_max: 520 nm). Method C is based on the formation of a coloured charge-transfer complex between CPD and chloranilic acid (_max; 555 nm). Regression analysis of Beer-Lambert plots showed good correlation in the concentration ranges 2.0–32.0, 0.4–6.4 and 25.0–450.0 g/ml for methods A,B and C, respectively. The validity of the proposed methods was tested by analysing pharmaceutical dosage forms containing CPD and the relative standard deviations were within 1.0%     

Spectrophotometric estimation of ketotifen fumarate in pharmaceutical formulations

Four simple and sensitive spectrophotometric methods (A–D) for the determination of Ketotifen fumarate in bulk samples and pharmaceutical formulations are described. They are based on the formation of coloured species by the coupling of the diazotised sulphanilamide with the drug (method A, _max 520 nm) or by oxidizing it with excessN-bromo-succinimide and determining the consumed NBS with decrease in colour intensity of celestine blue (method B: _max 540 nm) or by the reduction of Folin-Ciocalteau reagent (method C: _max 720 nm) or by the formation of a chloroform-soluble, coloured ionassociation complex between the drug and Azocarmine G at pH 1.5 (method D: _max 540 nm). Regression analysis of Beer-Lambert plots showed good correlations in the concentration ranges 1–10, 2–12, 4–28 and 2.5–25 g/ml for methods A–D, respectively. The validity of the proposed methods was tested by analysing pharmaceutical formulations containing KTF: the relative standard deviations were within ±1.0%. Recoveries were 98.9–100.2%.     

Equilibrium Particle Distribution in the Disperse System with Coagulation and Aggregate Disintegration

Kinetic equations were formulated, which describe coagulation–fragmentation process in a low concentrated suspension flow at a low shear rate. In such a system dispersed phase divided into fine and coarse fractions as the system is brought to equilibrium. Kinetic equations of two-fraction model were formulated. An approximate solution and, in one particular case, the exact solution of these equations were obtained for the equilibrium state. Detailed analysis of equilibrium particle distribution over the mass m was performed for an exponential coagulation kernel = ₀ m and an degenerated disintegration kernel = ₁₂, in which the disintegration frequency is an exponential function of aggregate mass ₁ = ₀ m ⁺ , and the probability of the fragment detachment from an aggregate is independent ofm and decreases exponentially with an increase in mass of a fragment: ₂ = ₀ ^–1exp(–/₀). The equilibrium distribution was shown to exist only at > 0, and in particular, it is described at = = 1 by the f() = ₀₀ ^–1exp(–/₀) and F(m) = Cx ^–1(x + 1)^{2 – 1} e ^–x functions for the particles of fine and coarse fractions (x = m/m ₀, = m ₀/₀, m ₀ and ₀ are the characteristic masses of coarse and fine fractions, respectively). The particle distribution for the fine fraction at 1 is well approximated by the Gaussian distribution exp[–(m – m ₀)²/(4^–1 m ₀₀)].     

Low-spin excitations of quasi-one-dimensional polyacetylene chains in Hartree-Fock models

In the -electron approximation taking into account Coulomb repulsion and electron correlation, we have calculated the excitation energy _s of the state with spin s=1, 2, 3 in long polyacetylene chains. From numerical calculations, we have established the dependence _s=(2s–1)₁, which is satisfactorily satisfied for the different wave functions used (from the unrestricted and two variants of the extended Hartree-Fock method). For some of the solutions, localization of the excitation in 2s–1 fragments of the chain is characteristic, which indicates the possibility of interpreting it in terms of a soliton.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 716–719, November–December, 1990.     

Comparison of temperature,pressure and isotope effects on the proton jump between the hydroxide and oxonium ion

The limiting molar conductances ° of potassium deuteroxide KOD in D₂O and potassium hydroxide KOH in H₂O were determined at 5 and 45°C as a function of pressure to clarify the difference in the temperature, pressure and isotope effects on the proton jump between an OD^– (OH^–) and a D₃O⁺ (H₃O⁺) ion. The excess conductances of the OD^– ion in D₂O and the OH^– ion in H₂O, _E ⁰ (OD^-) and _E ⁰ (OH^-), increase with increasing temperature and pressure as in the case of the excess deuteron and proton conductances, _E ⁰ (D⁺) and _E ⁰ (H⁺). However, the temperature effect on the excess conductance is larger for the OD^–(OH^–) ion than for the D₃O⁺ (H₃O⁺) ion but the pressure effect is much smaller for the OD^– (OH^–) ion than for the D₃O⁺ (H₃O⁺) ion. These findings are correlated with larger activation energies and less negative activation volumes found for the OD^– (OH^–) ion than for the D₃O⁺ (H₃O⁺) ion. Concerning the isotope effect, the value of _E ⁰ (OH^-)/ _E ⁰ (OD^-) deviates considerably from at each temperature and pressure in contrast with that of _E ⁰ (H⁺)/ _E ⁰ (D⁺), although both of them decrease with increasing temperature and pressure. These results are discussed mainly in terms of the difference in repulsive force between the OD^– (OH^–) or the D₃O⁺ (H₃O⁺) ion and the adjacent water molecule, the difference in strength of hydrogen bonds in D₂O and H₂O, and their variations with temperature, pressure, and isotope.     

Spectrophotometric determination of clozapine in pharmaceuticals

New Spectrophotometric methods for the assay of clozapine (CZP) in pure and dosage forms are described. Method A is based on the oxidative coupling reaction of CZP with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone hydrochloride (MBTH) in the presence of ceric ammonium sulphate to form a coloured species (_max 570 nm). Method B is also based on the oxidative coupling reaction of CZP withP-,N,N-dimethylpheny-lenediamine dihydrochloride (DMPD) in the presence of sodium hypochlorite to form a coloured species (_max 690 nm). Method C is based on the formation of coloured charge-transfer complex between CZP and chloranilic acid (_max 540 nm). Regression analysis of Beer-Lambert plots showed good correlation in the concentration ranges 2–25, 10–120 and 15–300 g/ml for methods A, B and C, respectively. The validity of the proposed methods was tested by analysing pharmaceutical dosage forms containing CZP and the relative standard deviation values were within 1.0%.     

Simultaneous determination of yohimbine and boldine by first-derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetry

A method for the simultaneous determination of yohimbine and boldine in mixtures by first-derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetry has been developed. The method is based on their native fluorescence in 0.1N sulphuric acid medium. The constant wavelength difference chosen to optimize the determination was =_em -_em=82 nm. Yohimbine was measured at _ex//_em= 285/367 nm, and boldine at _ex/_em=272/354 nm. The range of application is 10–500 g/l for yohimbine and 1–50 g/l for boldine. The method was applied to the determination of yohimbine and boldine in synthetic mixtures and pharmaceuticals, with errors generally 2%. Relative standard deviations were about 2%.Dedicated to Professor Fermin Capitán on his 72th birthday     

Acetylacetone-formaldehyde reagent for the spectrophotometric determination of some sulfa drugs in pure and dosage forms

A new simple and sensitive spectrophotometric procedure for the determination of sulfacetamide sodium (I), sulfadiazine (II), sulfadimidine (III) and sulfathiazole (IV) is based on the reaction of the drug with acetylacetone-formaldehyde reagent to give a yellow product having _max at 400 nm. Optimization of the reaction conditions has been investigated. A linear correlation was obtained between absorbance at _max and the concentration. The Beer's law limits of I, II, III and IV are 4–80, 4–72, 4–60 and 4–80 g/ml, respectively. For more accurate results, Ringbom optimum concentration ranges were evaluated to be 6–76, 8–66, 6–56 and 8–75 g/ml for I, II, III and IV, respectively. The molar absorptivities and Sandell sensitivities for all sulfa drugs under consideration were evaluated. Relative standard deviations of 0.98, 1.07, 0.86 and 0.79% were obtained for I, II, III and IV, respectively. The method has been compared to the official method and found to be simple, accurate (t-test) and reproducible (F-test). The developed procedures were applied for bulk sulfa drugs and some of their dosage forms without interferences from additive and common prescribed drugs.     

Determination of cefadroxil by three simple spectrophotometric methods using oxidative coupling reactions

Three simple and sensitive visible spectrophotometric methods for the assay of cefadroxil have been developed. MethodA (_max 410 nm) is based on the reaction of cefadroxil with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone hydrazone hydrochloride in the presence of eeric ammonium sulphate. MethodB (_max, 510 nm) involves the reaction with 4-aminophenazone in the presence of potassium hexacyanoferrate(III). MethodC (_max, 620 nm) involves reaction with 2, 6-dichloroquinone-4-chlorimide (Gibb's reagent). All variables have been optimised and the reaction mechanisms presented. Regression analysis of the Beer's plots showed good correlation in the concentration ranges 1.0–6.0, 2.0–24.0 and 1.0–6.0 g/ml for methodsA, B andC, respectively. No interferences were observed from excipients and the validity of the methods was tested by analysing pharmaceutical dosage forms. Recoveries were 98.0–100.3%. The concentration measurements were reproducible within a relative standard deviation of 1.0%.     

Study of colour-developing factors in spectrophotometric determination of cyanide by the pyridine-barbituric acid method

Summary The decomposition of cyanide-pyridine-barbituric acid in the wavelength around _max=583 nm gives rise to formation of a new color species around _max=490nm. Both reactions are first-order reactions with the same K value of 0.066 hr^–1, but with opposite sign. The pH value, the nature and concentration of the buffer solution influence absorption to a considerable extent. A method for estimation of cyanide is suggested.

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Untersuchung der Farbbildungsfaktoren bei der spektrophotometrischen Bestimmung von Cyanid nach der Pyridin-Barbitursäure-Methode

Zusammenfassung Die Zersetzung von Cyanid-Pyridin-Barbitursäure bei der Bandbreite um _max=583 nm verursacht die Bildung einer neuen Farbspecies um _max=490 nm. Beide Reaktionen sind solche erster Ordnung mit dem selben K-Wert von 0,066 hr^–1, aber mit umgekehrtem Vorzeichen. pH-Wert, Art und Konzentration der Pufferlösung beeinflussen die Absorption in beträchtlichem Maß. Eine Methode zur Bestimmung von Cyanid wird vorgeschlagen.

     

Conductance of iron(III) laurate solutions in binary liquid mixtures

Summary The specific conductivity of iron(III) laurate solutions in binary liquid mixtures shows that the soap aggregates into micelles and CMC is found to be independent of temperature and concentration of benzene, acetone and tetrachloromethane in 1-butanol. The variation of molecular conductance,, with soap concentration, C, is expressed by the equation: = 10^AC^B. Both constants A and B vary with solvent composition but B remains constant with increase in temperature. Several parameters such as molecular conductance at infinite dilution, , dissociation constant, K, heat of dissociation, H, entropy, S and free energy, G of dissociation of soap have been evaluated and the effect of the nature of solvents has been discussed.     

“Blue silver”: transformation of clusters and metal coagulation

The formation and transformations of blue silver ( _max 700 nm) during -irradiation of a weakly alkaline (pH 9) aqueous solution containing AgClO₄, polyacrylic acid (PAA), and isopropanol were studied. We believe that blue silver is a linear silver cluster stabilized on a polymeric molecule. During radiation-chemical reduction the cluster is transformed into new clusters ( _max = 365 and 460 nm). When all of the Ag⁺ ions present in the solution have been reduced, clusters coalesce and a new phase,i.e., colloidal silver particles, forms. The mechanism of the radiation-chemical transformations is discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 35–37, January, 1995.     

Renormalized Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory

One method which has been used in the literature to determine the eigenvalues F _k ⁽⁰⁾ of a hamiltonian operator = + W ( = kinetic energy operator) is to apply an approximation scheme (e.g. variational method) to the operator _R () = + V + (W – V) with eigenvalues G _k (), where the eigenvalue problem associated with ^(o) = + V is solvable. Specifically, F _k ⁽⁰⁾ = G _k (1). We investigate the method from a perturbation theoretic viewpoint. There is a renormalization map R:, [0, 1], [0, ), which relates the G() to the eigenvalues E() of () = + V + W. This, in turn, implies a linear relationship between the Rayleigh-Schrödinger -series coefficients G ⁽ⁿ⁾ and the -series coefficients E ⁽ⁿ⁾ of the form G=CE, where C is an infinite lower-triangular matrix. The renormalized -series, 01, is useful in the accurate computation of F ⁽⁰⁾ as well as the eigenvalues E(), 0< . In standard cases, the -series is Borel summable to G(). Applications are made to anharmonic oscillators and hydrogen atoms in radial fields.Dedicated to Professor J. Koutecký on the occasion of his 65th birthday     

Pyrocatechol-1-aldehyde salicyloylhydrazone as reagent for the spectrofluorimetric determination of zinc

Summary A procedure is developed for the Spectrofluorimetric determination of 10–800 ppb of zinc with pyrocatechol-1-aldehyde salicyloylhydrazone in a 60% (v/v) ethanol-water medium at apparent pH 6.7 (acetic-acetate buffer). _ex=400 nm, _em=530 nm. Interferences have been evaluated and the method applied to the determination of zinc in alloys and lubricating oils.

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Spektrofluorimetrische Bestimmung von Zink mit Brenzcatechin-1-aldehyd-salizyloylhydrazon

Zusammenfassung Zink bildet mit Brenzcatechin-1-aldehyd-salizyloylhydrazon ein gelbes, fluoreszierendes Chelat in Gegenwart von 60% Ethanol bei pH 6,7 (Essigsäure-Natriumacetat-Puffer); _ex=400 nm, _em=530 nm. Zwischen Intensität der Fluoreszenz und Zink-Konzentration besteht im Bereich von 10 bis 800 ppb Linearität. Das Verfahren wurde zur Bestimmung des Zinks in Legierungen und Schmierölen verwendet.

     

New method of incorporating nonhorizontal AO in semiempirical quantum-chemical calculations

A previously proposed semiempirical method has been developed for calculating the molecular electron structures and geometries, which explicitly incorporates AOnonorthogonality. The integrals are parametrized in an atomic basis, and then a transfer is made to an orthogonal basis, in which the zero differential overlap approximation is used. The electron-repulsion integral matrix is transformed by a method in which one uses only the Coulomb part. The performance has been evaluated from the number of elementary operations, which is proportional to N³, where N is the basis size. The method is implemented as two schemes that differ in the method of specifying in the atomic basis: -CNDO and -NDDO. Calculations are presented on hydrocarbons by means of the -CNDO scheme, which enables one to calculate the heats of formation and the geometry with an accuracy comparable with that in MINDO/3. The performance is higher in calculations on transitional states, as is demonstrated for the model of nucleophilic substitution (CH₅ ^– anion). The -NDDO scheme has been examined at the level of electron-interaction integral transformation and has considerable advantages over the -CNDO one.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 385–394, July–August, 1987.     

Fluordiazadiphosphetidine, 23. Mitt.: Die Herstellung neuer unsymmetrisch substituierter Fluordiazadiphosphetidine

Summary Using 1-chloromethyl-2,2,2,4,4,4-hexafluoro-3-methyl-1,3,2⁵,4⁵-diazadiphosphetidine as starting material for nucleophilic reactions, the following new compounds were prepared: 2,2,2,4,4-pentafluoro-4-methoxy-1-propyl-3-methyl-1,3,2⁵,4⁵-diazadiphosphetidine, 1-benzyl-2,2,2,4,4-pentafluoro-4-methoxy-3-methyl-1,3,2⁵,4⁵-diazadiphosphetidine, and 1-benzyl-2,2,2,4,4-pentafluoro-4-methylamino-3-methyl-1,3,2⁵,4⁵-diazadiphosphetidine

     

Solid-state decomposition studies on fluoroperoxo species of transition metals part II

The kinetics of isothermal decomposition of solid K₂Zr₂(O₂)₂F₆·2H₂O have been studied in the temperature range 100–226° under vacuum. The fractional decomposition has been determined by measuring the pressure of evolved oxygen during pyrolysis with the help of a McLeod gauge. The values ranged from 0.05 to 0.62. The vs. t data showed that the kinetics are deceleratory throughout the course of the reaction. The initial part of the decomposition reaction could be best described by a unimolecular decay law, while the later stages obey contracting volume kinetics. The activation energies have been determined and the respective values for the above stages are 13.6 and 6.9 kcal·mole^–1.

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Zusammenfassung Die Kinetik der isothermen Zersetzung von festen K₂Zr₂(O₂)₂F₆·2H₂O wurde im Temperaturbereich von 100–226° im Vakuum untersucht. Die fraktionierte Zersetzung wurde durch Messung des Druckes des während der Pyrolyse entwickelten Sauerstoffs mit einem McLeod-Manometer bestimmt. Die -Werte variierten von 0.05 bis 0.62. Die -t Daten zeigen, daß die Kinetik im Verlauf der Reaktion herabgesetzt wird. Der erste Teil der Zersetzungsreaktion konnte am besten durch ein unimolekulares Zerfallgesetzt beschrieben werden, während die späteren Phasen der Kinetik der Volumenkontraktion gehorchten. Die Aktivierungsenergien wurden berechnet und die entsprechenden Werte für obige Reaktionen ergaben sich 13.6 bzw. 6.9 Kcal mol^–1.

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K₂Zr₂(O₂)₂F₆·2₂ 100–226°. «» , , . «» 0.05 0.62. –t , . , — . , , , 13.6 6.9 .^–1.

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One of the authors (SMK) is grateful to I.I.T. Delhi for a research scholarship.     

Investigations of hard elastic polypropylene with respect to the coil-strand-transition model

Hard elastic polypropylene was investigated by x-ray scattering using synchrotron radiation and by performing stress strain measurements in different liquids. It was found that the long period increases with elongation up to 1.3–1.4. Beyond this extension a change in the deformation behavior takes place. In the range from 1.1 to 1.3–1.4 the deformation measurements in the different liquids are in good agreement with the coil-strand-transition model. The proposed linear relationship between the deformation work and the elongation could be confirmed. The same holds for the surface energy. Moreover, the calculated ratio between the surface energy and the deformation work agrees with the measurements.