title: Coulometric titration of bases in acetic acid and acetonitrile media.
abstract: The working conditions and the results for coulometric titration of milligram amounts of some bases in 0.1M sodium perchlorate in a mixture of acetic acid and acetic anhydride (1:6), are given. Determinations were made both by coulometric back-titration or direct titration at the platinum anode. Back-titration was done in the catholyte, by coulometric titration of the excess of added perchloric acid. The titration end-point was detected photometrically with Crystal Violet as indicator. The direct titration of bases was done at the platinum anode, in the same electrolyte, to which hydroquinone was added as anode depolarizer and as the source of hydrogen ions, Malachite Green being used as indicator. Similarly, bases can be determined in acetonitrile if sodium perchlorate, hydroquinone and Malachite Green are added to the solvent. Errors are below 1 %, and the precision is satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Vajgand
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mihajlović