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Hydrophobic indicators for two-phase titrations and their application to the determination of silver and
M Tsubouchi1, N Yamasaki, H Mitsushio
1Laboratory of Chemistry, Kochi Medical School, Oko, Nankoku, Kochi 781-51, Japan.
Abstract:
The hydrophobic dyes tetrabromophenolphthalein ethyl ester and 2,6-dichlorophenolindo-phenol are proposed as visual indicators for two-phase titrations. The aqueous phase is colourless throughout the titration and these indicators make it possible to detect the end-point of the titration by the colour of one or the other phase. The indicators allow the two-phase titration of the silver(I)-1,10-phenanthroline complex with tetraphenylborate and of pentachlorophenol with tetraphenylphosphonium chloride.
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