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

1,3,3-Trimethyl-2-[3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-1,3-dihydroindol-2-ylidene)propenyl]-3H- indolium Chloride, a Highly Sensitive Reagent for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Selenium

I. S. Balogh and V. Andruch

Department of Chemistry, College of Nyíregyháza, HU-4400 Nyíregyháza, Hungary

E-mail: andruch@kosice.upjs.sk

Received: 26 September 2004

Abstract: A highly sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of selenium is reported. The method is based on the oxidation of iodide by selenium(IV) and the spectrophotometric detection of the liberated iodine in the form of an ion associate with 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[3-(1,3,3-trimethyl-1,3- dihydroindol-2ylidene)propenyl]-3H-indolium chloride reagent. The appropriate reaction conditions have been established. The molar absorptivity is 2.4 × 105 dm³mol⁻¹cm⁻¹ at 556 nm wavelength. The absorbance of the coloured extracts obeys the Beer’s law in the range from 0.01 to 3.84 mg dm⁻³ of Se(IV).

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Chemical Papers 59 (5) 347–349 (2005)