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Rapid microwave assisted hydrolysis of formetanate

ÁNgel Morales-rubioK. Dema-khalafM. De La Guardia

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Detection limitChromatographymedicine.diagnostic_testRelative standard deviationBiochemistryMicrowave assistedAnalytical Chemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundHydrolysischemistryFormetanateSpectrophotometrymedicineEnvironmental ChemistryTrace analysisDerivatizationSpectroscopy

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Abstract A fast microwave-assisted hydrolysis procedure has been developed for the derivatization of formetanate previously to the flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of m -aminophenol by reaction with p -aminophenol. Formetanate is quantitatively hydrolyzed with 0.1 M NaOH in 150 s using a closed polyetrafluoroethylene reactor with 115 ml internal volume and a radiation power of 390 W. The above procedure has been applied, as a previous step, for the flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of formetanate in spiked water samples and accurate and precise results have been found. The method permits to obtain a limit of detection of 0.025 mg 1 −1 of formetanate. The relative standard deviation of five independent analyses of a simple containing 6 mg 1 −1 formetanate was 0.5%.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-2670(93)85179-n