Determination of amino acids, vitamins, and drug substances in aqueous solutions using new potentiometric sensors with Donnan potential as analytical signal

Abstract

Basic principles of a new potentiometric sensor are considered. Its analytical signal is the Donnan potential at the ion-exchange polymer/studied solution of electrolyte interface. Assessments of potential drops at individual interfaces are presented, same as estimates of diffusion potentials in the electrochemical circuit for measurement of the sensor response. It is shown that the overall contribution of the values of all potentials to EMF of the electrochemical circuit, except for the Donnan potential, at the ion-exchange polymer/studied solution interface are negligibly low as compared to the experimental values of the circuit EMF in the studied systems. Certain regularities of the Donnan potential formation are studied in the systems with the polymers of different structure and solutions containing inorganic ions and organic electrolytes in different ionic forms. The possibility is shown of using a sensor with such an analytical signal as the Donnan potential for assay of amino acids, vitamins, and drug substances in aqueous solutions. The sensor was used as a selective electrode for determination of lysine in aqueous solutions with neutral amino acids in the range of pH 5.0–7.0 and glycine in aqueous alkali solutions in the range of pH 9.00–11.00. The developed sensor is introduced as a cross-sensitive electrode into the array of multisensor systems for multicomponent quantitative analysis of the lysine monohydrochloride, thiamine chloride, novocaine hydrochloride, lidocaine hydrochloride solutions containing potassium and sodium chlorides. The measurement error of electrolytes in aqueous solutions did not exceed 10%.