Abstract:
(1) According to Griess reaction, diazonium-salts formed from aromatic amines such as sulfonamides etc., react with NaNO
2 in acid medium and may be coupled with α-naphthylamine or diphenylamine to produce red colored compounds. In presence of excess NaNO
2, these red colored compounds will further Change to brownish yellow. For diazotization titration, diphenylamine is used as a good internal indicator. (2) Internal indicator may be used only in colorless solution and the end point is not sharp. (3) KBr should be added as a catalyst not only to accelerate the velocity of diazotization, but also to decrease the interaction between azo dyes and nitrous acid. (4) The indicator should be added after the addition of two-third of the amount of NaNO
2 required (the total quantities of NaNO
2 used amounted to 30ml) or before the addition of the last 5ml of NANO
2. The results thus obtained show practically no difference from these obtained by external indicator method.