Ion-selective electrodes in organic functional group analysis: Micro- and submicro-determination of thiocarbonyl and thiol groups using the silver/sulphide and iodide electrodes

Abstract

Thiocarbonyl and thiol groups in organic compounds are determined by reaction with 1N iodine in carbon tetrachloride in the presence of pyridine, whereby 4 equivalents and 1 equivalent of iodide ion are quantitatively released per group, respectively. The iodide ions in an aqueous extract are potentiometrically titrated with silver nitrate using the solid-state silver/sulphide selective electrode. The results obtained with samples down to 70μg show an average recovery of 98.6% and no interferences are caused by unsaturated functions. Measurement of the iodide ion using the iodide ion-selective electrode and the known addition technique gives results with an absolute error of 2%.