Zeisel Determination

Name:
Zeisel Determination
Detailed information:
Cleavage of methoxy and ethoxy groups with boiling hydriodic acid, distillation of the alkyl iodide into alcoholic silver nitrate, and gravimetric determination as silver iodide. Alternatively, the alkyl iodide is oxidized to form iodate and the iodine liberated by addition of potassium iodide is titrated.