Ion pair compounds between tetrabromophenolphthalein ethylester (TBPE) and tertiary amine derivatives were extracted from the alkaline aqueous solution into 1, 2-dichloroethane (DCE) phase and determined colorimetrically of the maximum absorption at about 600 nm. The analysis was carried out as follows ; 5 ml of standard pH buffer solution (0.5M sodium phosphate+ 0.1M borax), 0.25 ml of methyliodide and 2.0 ml of sample solution were mixed in a 100 ml colorimetric tube or a separatory funnel being shaken for 30 seconds. Then 2.0 ml of 10
-3M TBPE ethanol solution was added and the solution was diluted to 25 ml with water.
To this solution was added 10 ml of DCE and the solution was shaken for 2 min. The mixture was settled for 5 min. The fraction of the organic phase was separated with a filter paper and the colorimetric measurement was made by using DCE as a reference. The sample solution was taken so as the final concentration fell in the range of 10
-7 to 10
-4M. The binding ratio of the dye to amines such as 4, 4-diethylaminoethoxy-α, β-diethyldiphenyl-ethane 2HCl, 10-diethylaminopropyl phenothiazine and 3-phenyl-5-diethylaminoethyl-1, 2, 4-oxadiazol citrate was 2/1, 1/1, and 1/1, respectively. However, in both compounds of 3- diethylaminoethoxy-carbonyl pyridine citrate and 3-(β-diethylaminoethyl)-4-methyl-7-carboethoxy-2-oxo- (1, 2-choromene) HCl, the ratio was found as 0.6 which did not show multiple constitution for a pairing complex. In order to study the composition of the latter product colored crystalline compound was prepared as a model compound with TBPE and triethylamine. The latter product was crystallized from ethyl acetate solution. Similarly, crystalline products were obtained from tertiaryamines and sulfophthalein series dyes. The infrared, absorption spectra of the latter two compounds suggested the similar mechanism of ionic binding at quinoid carbonyl, and furthermore, the mass spectra of the latter two compounds revealed the same conclusion. Hence, it was concluded that the colored products were ion pair compounds and the binding mechanism in this color reaction was also based on ion pairing reaction.
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