ISSN print edition: 0366-6352 ISSN electronic edition: 1336-9075 Registr. No.: MK SR 9/7 Published monthly

Polarographic Determination of Nitroalditols in Decomposition Mixtures with Hydrogen Peroxide

J. Königstein and B. Pribulová

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-842 38 Bratislava

Abstract: The presented polarographic study on a series of selected D- and L-forms of 1-deoxy-1-nitroalditols was aimed to elaborate an analytical method for their determination in pure state and particularly in decomposition mixtures with hydrogen peroxide. This method is convenient for kinetic purposes and also to monitor the important stage of nitromethane syntheses of saccharides, their purity and stability. Addition of 10% platinum on charcoal suppresses the H₂O₂ waves; presence of catalytic amounts of molybdate ions does not disturb determination at optimal conditions: at pH 8 and 20°C.

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Chemical Papers 50 (3) 138–140 (1996)