Abstract
Based on the suggested mechanism of the Raschig catalytic iodine-azide reaction the use of azide for the azotometric estimation of sulfenyl iodide groups is proposed. In the Raschig reaction reduction of iodine to iodide and oxidation of azide to elementary nitrogen is specifically catalyzed by bivalent sulfur compounds; the reaction is usually formulated to proceed via hypothetical sulfenyl iodide derivatives. This has been explored with the use of available, relatively stable sulfenyl iodide derivatives. The -SI group oxidizes azide to nitrogen stoichiometrically: 1 mole of a sulfenyl iodide consumes 2 moles of sodium azide and yields 3 moles of elementary nitrogen. The specificity and limitations of the method are discussed.
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