Zoromba MS. Novel and economic acid-base indicator based on (p-toluidine) oligomer: Synthesis; characterization and solvatochromism applications.
SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2017;
187:61-67. [PMID:
28654833 DOI:
10.1016/j.saa.2017.06.028]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
A new (p-toluidine) oligomer (PTO) was facile synthesized and economically routed via chemical oxidative polymerization by potassium dichromate as an initiator in an acidic aqueous medium at room temperature. The characterization of (p-toluidine) oligomer (PTO) has been described by various techniques including Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR), UV-Visible measurements, Mass spectra, H NMR, and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Solvatochromism of PTO was studied in different polaritiy solvents such as acetic acid, acetone, dimethyl formamide, ethanol, isopropanol, chloroform, p-xylene, dichloromethane and carbon teterachloride. The absorption bands were bathochromically shifted with increased polarity of the solvent (positive solvatochromism). PTO shows three isosbestic points at 333, 388 and 472nm in a binary mixture of acetone and chloroform. The deprotonation constants of PTO were found to be 3.1 and 5.8, based on spectrophotometric calculations. PTO was successfully used as an acid-base indicator; the acid solution color sharply turned from pink (acidic medium) to yellow (basic medium) at the end point.
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