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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Accelerating effect of silica on the indicator reaction o-dianisidine-H(2)O(2)
M K Beklemishev1, A L Kapanadze, N V Bakhilina
1Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, 119899 GSP-3, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Reaction of oxidation of o-dianisidine (o-D) with H(2)O(2) which is widely used in catalytic methods of analysis in solution has been conducted on silica plates for thin-layer chromatography. The rate of the reaction catalyzed by model compounds (p-toluenesulphonyl chloride, methyl benzoate, benzoic acid, and acrylamide) is noticeably higher on silica than in solution in comparable conditions. The degree of acceleration varies depending on the catalyst and is more pronounced at its lower concentrations. By use of p-toluenesulphonyl chloride determination as an example it has been shown that the accelerating effect of silica enables to decrease the detection limit down to 0.07 nmol cm(-2) (as compared with 4 nmol.cm(-2) in solution); the accuracy is not diminished. It is concluded that catalytic indicator reactions on solid supports may represent high interest for analytical chemists.
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