Sensitive Synchronous Spectrofluorimetric Methods for the Determination of 1- and 2-Naphthol in Micellar Media

The interaction of 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol with several quaternary ammonium salts was studied. Spectrofluorimetric methods were developed for the determination of both naphthols in hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide micellar medium. The detection limits are 1.4 and 10.2 ng/ml for 1-naphthol, and 6.2 and 5.1 ng/ml for 2-naphthol employing the conventional and synchronous spectrofluorimetric methods, respectively. The use of the first-derivative spectrum allows for the simultaneous determination of both naphthols. The recoveries of 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol in natural waters are acceptable.