STUDY OF THE STEAM DISTILLATION OF PHENOLIC-COMPOUNDS USING ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETRY
STUDY OF THE STEAM DISTILLATION OF PHENOLIC-COMPOUNDS USING ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETRY
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DOI:
10.1021/ac00294a034
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发表时间:
1986-03-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
KELIHER, PN
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作者:
NORWITZ, G;NATARO, N;KELIHER, PN
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Ultraviolet Spectra of Phenolic Compounds. The so-lutions on which the ultraviolet spectra are run should be acidic in order to ensure, where possible, that the phenolic compound is in the enolic form and not the anionic form. The acidity is not critical. For phenol, the same curves were ob-tained over the range 0.1-25 mL of 1 N hydrochloric acid per 100 mL. Two milliliters of 1 N hydrochloric acid per 100 mL is recommended. The ultraviolet spectra of phenolic com-pounds usually show a very large peak in the vicinity of about 210-220 nm and a smaller peak (or peaks) at a higher wave-length. The large peak was deemed too sensitive tostudy the distillation process, so the peak at the higher wavelength was chosen. This peak ordinarily gave an absorbance of about 0.4-1.2 for a solution containing 4 mg of the phenolic com-pound per 100 mL. However, the sensitivities for the mono-, di-, and trinitrophenols were much greater and for these compounds the dilution was made to 250 mL (after adding 5 mL of 1 N hydrochloricacid). Study of the Distillation Process. The acidity for the distillation is not critical, providing that the pH of the solution is less than about 4. The pH of the solution after adding the 2 drops of sulfuric acid (1 to 9) was about 2.0. Most of the phenolic compound comes over during the first few minutes of the distillation.The wavelength of maximum absorption (Xmax) of the peak in the undistilled sample, the millimolar absorptivity (me) of this peak, and recovery of the phenolic compound in the distilled sample are shown in Table I. For all the samples except the aminophenols and hydroquinone, the total of the phenolic compound in the distillate and residual solution was reasonably close to 100% and there