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Ion-selective electrodes in organic analysis—determination of vanillin by a vanillate-selective electrode
Abstract
A PVC membrane vanillate-selective electrode has been developed for the indirect determination of vanillin. The vanillate electrode exhibits a Nernstian response in the range 10–1–4 × 10–3M vanillate with a slope of 59 mV per concentration decade. The electrode has a reasonably wide working pH range (7.5–10.2), a fast response time (less than 30 s) and is stable for at least a month. For the determination of vanillin, vanillin was first oxidised in situ to vanillic acid, which was then determined by the vanillate-selective electrode. The results obtained with the electrode method agree well with those determined by UV spectroscopy. This methodology could be extended to the determination of other aldehydes.
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