Titration of organolithium and organomagnesium reagents

It is often critical to know the precise concentration of basic organometallic reagents, such as organolithium or organomagnesium (Grignard) reagents.

Catapower’s salicylaldehyde phenylhydrazone makes it easy to titrate these reagents. This non-hygroscopic solid serves as both the titrant and the indicator, eliminating the need to separately dry a liquid titrant alcohol such as butanol.