Pharmaceutical analysis- Non- aqueous titration
Non-aqueous titration
Introduction-;
Most of the Titration are performed in the aqueous media means water is used as solvent.
There may be difficulty if reactant is insoluble in water, or reactant is reactive with water or the analyte is either too weak acid or base.
"Non - aqueous titration refers to a type of titration in which the analyte substance is dissolved in a solvent which does not contain water" .
Types of solvent-;
The solvent are classified into 4 groups—
1. Protogenic solvent
2. Protophillic solvent
3. Amphoteric solvent
4. Aprotic solvent
1. Protogenic solvent-;
• These are acidic solvent which readily do not proton and are used to enhance the basicity of weak base .
Example- Sulphuric acid, acetic acid, formic acid etc.
2.Protophillic solvent-;
• These solvent are basic in nature , possessing a high affinity for proton , these enhances the acidity of weak acids.
Example- Ammonia, pyridine etc .
3. Amphoteric solvent-;
• These solvent have properties which are protophillic as well as protogenic.
Example-; Acetic acid, alcohol,water etc
4. Aprotic solvent-;
• These solvent are neutral in change and are chemically inert.
Example-; Chloroform, Benzene etc
Types of non- aqueous titration-;
• it is two types;
a. Acidimetry titration
b. Alkalimetry titration
a. Acidimetry titration-;
• It involves the quantitative estimation of weak bases by non- aqueous titration.
• Titrant used in acidimetry titration is acidic in nature that way this titration is known as acidimetry titration.
Example- perchloric acid .
• In this type of titration aprotic or protogenic solvent are used.
Example-; Benzene, Chloroform, glacial acetic acid, formic acid etc.
Sample which can be determined by acidimetry—
Example-; ephedrine, morphine, acyclover , Adrenaline , caffeine.
• Indicator used in acidimetry titration are —
• crystal violet ( 0.5% w/v in glacial acetic acid)
• Thymol blue ( 0.2%w/v in methanol).
• After titration colour change from violet to green.
Estimation of Ephedrine hydrochloride-;
Accurately weigh about 0.5gm ephedrine hydrochloride.
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dissolve in 25ml of glacial acetic acid
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Add 10 ml mercuric acetate & few drops of crystal violet indicator.
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Titrate the solution with 0.1 M perchloric acid until colour change from blue/ violet to greenish blue
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Note the quantity of titrant us
Each ml of 0.1M perchloric acid solution=0.02017gm of Ephedrine hydrochloride.
Estimation of sodium benzoate-;
Accurately weigh 0.6 gm sodium benzoate and tranfers into 250ml of breaker.
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Add 100 ml glacial acetic acid
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Stirling until the sample is completely dissolved
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Add crystal violet indicator
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Titrate with 0.1 N perchloric acid solution.
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Calculate the consumed volume of titrant.
Each ml of 0.1 N perchloric acid= 0.01441gm of sodium benzoate.
b. Alkalimetry-;
• This titration is used for the quantitative estimation of acidic drugs.
• Titrant used in alkalimetry titration is basic/ alkaline in nature.
Example-; sodium methoxide.
• In this Titration protophillic nature of solvent are used.
Example-; Ammonia, pyridine, DMF.
• Sample which can be determined be alkalimetry titration are.
1. Acetazolamide
2. Allopurinol
• Indicator used in alkalimetry titration are—
• 0.5% w/v Thymol blue in methanol (pink - blue)
• 0.2 % w/v azo violet in benzene.
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