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J O Egekeze1, T M Dowling, N Grinberg
1Merck Research Laboratories, R80Y-115, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-0914, USA.
Abstract:
A method was developed for the recovery and determination of cyanide ion in organic sample matrices. To facilitate the solubilization of cyanide ions, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was added at concentrations above the critical micelle concentration. Sample cyanation reaction products consisted of solvent mixtures of a hydroxynitrile in DMF-toluene or DMF-isopropylacetate (IPAC). Spectrophotometric determination of cyanide ion at 578 nm by the pyridine-barbituric acid method was automated by flow injection analysis. Recovery of cyanide ion from spiked samples was 93.2% in DMF-IPAC solvent matrix and 93.9% in DMF-toluene. Low alkali concentration was observed to favor solubilization of cyanide ion in the micellar solution.
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