Sodium nitrite

Discussion and principle :-

is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slightly yellowish
crystalline powder that is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic. It is a useful precursor to a variety
of organic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, dyes, and pesticides.

The main use of sodium nitrite is for the industrial production of organonitrogen compounds. It is a
reagent for conversion of amines into diazo compounds, which are key precursors to many dyes,
such as diazo dyes. Nitroso compounds are produced from nitrites. These are used in the rubber
industry.[9]

It is used in a variety of metallurgical applications, for phosphatizing and detinning.[citation needed]

Sodium nitrite is an effective corrosion inhibitor and is used as an additive in industrial greases,[10]
as an aqueous solution in closed loop cooling systems, and in a molten state as a heat transfer
medium.

Theory : The nitrous acid, generated on the introduction of sodium nitrite solution into the acidic
reaction mixture, reacts with the primary amino group of sulphanilamide quantitatively, resulting
into the formation of an unstable nitrite that decomposes ultimately with the formation of a
diazonium salt. The diazonium salt thus produced is also unstable, and if the reaction mixture is not
maintained between 5-10°C it shall undergo decomposition thereby forming phenol products which
may react further with nitrous acid

Procedure :-

For preparation: Dissolve 7.5 g of sodium nitrite in sufficient amount of water to make 1000 ge mL
and standardized as follows.

For standardization :Weigh accurately 500 mg of USP Sulfanilamide RS, previously dried at 105 C for
3 hours, and transfer to a beaker. Add 50 mL of distilled water and 5 mL of HCl, stir well to dissolve.
Cool at 15°C and add about 25 g of crushed ice, and titrate slowly with sodium nitrite solution,
stirring vigorously, until a glass rd dip into the titrated solution produces an immediate blue ring
when touched to starch iodide paper. The titration is complete if the end point is reproducible after
mixture has been allowed to stand for 1 minute. Each 17.22 mg of sulfanilamide (CeHsN2O2S) is
equivalent to 1 mL of 0.1 M sodium nitrite. The end point was reproducible.

Observation :

After added 500 mg of USP Sulfanilamide RS and 50 ml of DW and 5ml of HCl well to dissolve and
crushed ice, tritrated with sodium nitrite solution the solution became blue ring when touched to
starch iodide paper. The

Conclusion:

In conclusion, we were able to prepare and standardize a 0.1M sodium nitrite solution through
titration of Sulfanilamide., was close to 0.1M, we can conclude that our results were very accurate.
Because we did not exactly obtain 0.1M for the molar concentration of NaOH, we can assume that
there was a possibility of an error which may have deviated our experimental result from the actual
result.

Questions :

- Write the reaction involved in the standardization of 0.1M sodium nitrite solution.

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