redox titration
Determination of Vitamin C by Redox Titration with Iodine
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant that is essential for human nutrition. Vitamin C deficiency can lead to a disease called scurvy, which is characterized by abnormalities in the bones and teeth. Many fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, but cooking destroys the vitamin, so raw citrus fruits and their juices are the main source of ascorbic acid for most people.
One way to determine the amount of vitamin C in food is to use a redox titration. The redox reaction is better than an acid-base titration since there are additional acids in a juice, but few of them interfere with the oxidation of ascorbic acid by iodine.
Iodine is relatively insoluble, but this can be improved by complexing the iodine with iodide to form triiodide:
I2 + I- I3-
Triiodide oxidizes vitamin C to form dehydroascorbic acid:
C6H8O6 + I3- + H2O --> C6H6O6 + 3I- + 2H+
As long as vitamin C is present in the solution, the triiodide is converted to the iodide ion very quickly. Howevever, when the all the vitamin C is oxidized, iodine and triiodide will be present, which react with starch to form a blue-black complex. The blue-black color is the endpoint of the titration.
This titration procedure is appropriate for testing the amount of vitamin C in vitamin C tablets, juices, and fresh, frozen, or packaged fruits and vegetables. The titration can be performed using just iodine solution and not iodate, but the iodate solution is more stable and gives a more accurate result.
Procedure for Determining Vitamin C
Purpose
The goal of this laboratory exercise is to determine the amount of vitamin C in samples, such as fruit juice.
Procedure
The first step is to prepare the solutions. I've listed examples of quantities, but they aren't important. What matters is that you know the concentration of the solutions and the volumes that you use.
Preparing Solutions
1% Starch Indicator Solution
1. Add 0.50 g soluble starch to 50
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an antioxidant that is essential for human nutrition. Vitamin C deficiency can lead to a disease called scurvy, which is characterized by abnormalities in the bones and teeth. Many fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C, but cooking destroys the vitamin, so raw citrus fruits and their juices are the main source of ascorbic acid for most people.
One way to determine the amount of vitamin C in food is to use a redox titration. The redox reaction is better than an acid-base titration since there are additional acids in a juice, but few of them interfere with the oxidation of ascorbic acid by iodine.
Iodine is relatively insoluble, but this can be improved by complexing the iodine with iodide to form triiodide:
I2 + I- I3-
Triiodide oxidizes vitamin C to form dehydroascorbic acid:
C6H8O6 + I3- + H2O --> C6H6O6 + 3I- + 2H+
As long as vitamin C is present in the solution, the triiodide is converted to the iodide ion very quickly. Howevever, when the all the vitamin C is oxidized, iodine and triiodide will be present, which react with starch to form a blue-black complex. The blue-black color is the endpoint of the titration.
This titration procedure is appropriate for testing the amount of vitamin C in vitamin C tablets, juices, and fresh, frozen, or packaged fruits and vegetables. The titration can be performed using just iodine solution and not iodate, but the iodate solution is more stable and gives a more accurate result.
Procedure for Determining Vitamin C
Purpose
The goal of this laboratory exercise is to determine the amount of vitamin C in samples, such as fruit juice.
Procedure
The first step is to prepare the solutions. I've listed examples of quantities, but they aren't important. What matters is that you know the concentration of the solutions and the volumes that you use.
Preparing Solutions
1% Starch Indicator Solution
1. Add 0.50 g soluble starch to 50