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A kinetic study and analytical applications of the CPC micellar catalyzed reactions of 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (FDNB) with inorganic thioanions (sulfide, sulfite and thiosulfafte) using a fluoride-selective electrode is described. Reaction orders (unity for both FDNB and thioanion) and experimental stoichiometric reaction-rate constants were calculated from initial slope measurements (DeltaE/Deltat) at various pH values (4-9). Calibration graphs for quantitative determinations (4.5-45 muM for sulfide, 2.4-75 muM for thiosulfate and 6.6-75 muM for sulfite) are constructed using the initial rate approach. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of sulfide in spiked seawater samples using the multiple standard addition approach with a mean relative error of 5.5%. The application of this micellar catalyzed reaction in the differential kinetic analysis of binary mixtures of sulfide-thiosulfate and sulfite-thiosulfate, using the proportional equations approach at pH 5.5 and 8.0, was unsuccessful due to the interactions of the two analytes, which can be explained using the ion-exchange/pseudophase model of micellar catalysis. However, the use of multiple linear regression approach on a sufficient number of standard binary mixtures can confront this drawback.
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The use of the bromide selective electrode in physicochemical studies of the cationic micellar system of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) is described. Potentiometric methods and appropriate equations have been developed and used to determine the critical micellar concentration, the ionization degree, and the apparent ion-exchange constants of various anions (fluoride, chloride, hydroxide, acetate, nitrate, sulfate and borate). The interaction of the cationic micelles of CTAB with various species [the lipophilic reagent 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene, the anionic succinate and the cationic tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane] was monitored through the measurement of the changes in the concentration of the free bromide counterions.
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The effect of various surfactants [the cationics cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC), the anionic sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), and the nonionic polysorbate 80 (Tween 80)] on the solubility and ionization constant of some sparingly soluble weak acids of pharmaceutical interest was studied. Benzoic acid (and its 3-methyl-, 3-nitro-, and 4-tert-butyl-derivatives), acetylsalicylic acid, naproxen and iopanoic acid were chosen as model examples. Precise and accurate acid-base titrations in micellar systems were made feasible using a microcomputer-controlled titrator. The response curve, response time and potential drift of the glass electrode in the micellar systems were examined. The cationics CTAB and CPC were found to increase considerably the ionization constant of the weak acids (delta pKa ranged from -0.21 to -3.57), while the anionic SDS showed negligible effect and the nonionic Tween 80 generally decreased the ionization constants. The solubility of the acids in aqueous micellar and acidified micellar solutions was studied spectrophotometrically and it was found increased in all cases. Acetylsalicylic acid, naproxen, benzoic acid and iopanoic acid could be easily determined in raw material and some of them in pharmaceutical preparations by direct titration in CTAB-micellar system instead of using the traditional non-aqueous or back titrimetry. Precisions of 0.3-4.3% RSD and good correlation with the official tedious methods were obtained. The interference study of some excipients showed that a preliminary test should be carried out before the assay of formulations.
