title: A comparison of cationic polymerization and esterification for end-point detection in the catalytic thermometric titration of organic bases.
abstract: A systematic comparison has been made of two indicator systems for the non-aqueous catalytic thermometric titration of strong and weak organic bases. The indicator reagents, alpha-methylstyrene and mixtures of acetic anhydride and hydroxy compounds, are shown to give results (for 14 representative bases) which do not diner significantly in coefficient of variation or titration error. Calibration graphs for all the samples, in the range 0.01-0.1 meq, are linear, with correlation coefficients of 0.995 or better. Aniline, benzylamine, n-butylamine, morpholine, pyrrole, l-dopa, alpha-methyl-l-dopa, dl-alpha-alanine, dl-leucine and l-cysteine cannot be determined when acetic anhydride is present in the sample solution, but some primary and second amines can. This is explained in terms of rates of acetylation of the amino groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chelsea College, University of London, Manresa Road, London, England.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: J Greenhow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viñas