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Flow injection determination of trace amounts of copper based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine by cumene hydroperoxide

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A sensitive and selective flow-injection method has been developed for the catalytic determination of copper(II). The method is based on the oxidation of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine by cumene hydroperoxide as an organic oxidant in an acidic medium. A highly sensitivity has been achieved by adding 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline as an activator and benzyldimethyltetradecylammonium chloride (zephiramine) as a surfactant. The reaction was spectrophotometrically monitored by measuring the increase in absorbance of oxidation product of 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine at 650 nm. The calibration curve was linear over the range of 0.5–3.0 ng mL−1 at a rate of 30 samples h−1. Most of the diverse ions did not interfere with the determination of copper up to at least 50-fold excess. The serious interference by iron(III) was eliminated by addition of fluoride. The method was successfully applied to the determination of copper in water samples.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, 278-8510, Japan

    Yuta Sekine, Isao Shitanda, Masayuki Itagaki & Kunihiro Watanabe

  2. Department of Regional Environment, Faculty of Regional Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8551, Japan

    Shigenori Nakano

  3. Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 307-8571, Japan

    Takuji Kawashima

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Sekine, Y., Shitanda, I., Itagaki, M. et al. Flow injection determination of trace amounts of copper based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine by cumene hydroperoxide. Microchim Acta 170, 113–119 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-010-0372-7

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