Determination of acid dissociation constants based on continuous titration by feedback-based flow ratiometry. 2004

Hideji Tanaka, and Takahiro Tachibana, and Risa Oda, and Purnendu K Dasgupta
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University, Shomachi 1-78-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.

We propose a method for the determination of acid dissociation constants based on the rapid detection of the equivalence point (EP) by feedback-based flow ratiometry and the subsequent estimation of the half equivalence point (EP(1/2)). The titrant (e.g., NaOH) flow rate F(B) was varied in response to a control voltage V(c) from a controller, while the titrand (e.g., CH(3)COOH) flow rate F(A) was held constant. The pH of the mixed solution was monitored downstream from the confluence point of the solutions following a knotted tubular mixer. Initially, V(c) was increased linearly. At the instance the detector sensed EP, the ramp direction of V(c) changed downward. The pH increased further because of the lag time between the mixing of solutions and the sensing of pH. Following the pH maximum, the pH decreased. The EP was sensed again in this downward scan. The V(c) that gives EP(1/2) was computed from the V(c) just at the time of the EP detection. The V(c) was held constant at this level for 18s, and the plateau pH value thus obtained was taken to be the pK(a) of the analyte subject to activity corrections. Studies on the dependence of the pK(a) on the ionic strength or dielectric constant of the solution were conducted in an automated fashion by delivering NaCl solution or acetonitrile through an additional channel. Satisfactory results were obtained with good throughput (53s per determination) and precision (R.S.D. approximately 0.3%) for various acids.

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