PDF
Open Access
Investigation of Charge Transfer Complex Formation Between Fe(III) and 2,6-Dihydroxy Benzoic Acid and its Applications for Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron in Aqueous Media
Mohammad Saeid Hosseini
1 and Sara Madarshahian11Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Birjand University, Birjand, P.O. Box 414, Iran
Abstract
On the basis of affinity of Fe(III) ions toward functional groups of 2,6-dihydroxy benzoic acid (2,6-DHB), a charge transfer complex (CT) is formed between Fe(III) ion and 2,6-DHB in acidic media. The stoichiometry and stability constant of the complex was determined using both mole ratio and Job’s methods. The stability constant of 1:1 complex formed in acidic media is 2.55±0.14×105 (mole ratio) or 2.70±0.12×105 (Job), in which the quantities are in agreement with together. This method was used for spectrophotometric determination of Fe(III) in aqueous media. The dynamic range and detection limit (DL) were 1.2×10-5 to 3.6×10-4 M and 1.5×10-6 M, respectively. The relative standard deviation (RSD) was found to be 0.76% in the replicate treatments (n=7) with 1.6×10-4 M Fe(III). The practical applicability of the method was confirmed using a synthetic certificated reference material (CRM) and spiked natural water samples.
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
