Kinetic FIA-descrimination procedures with the aim of determining transient/metastable species of specific analytically interesting characteristics

Several chemical reactions proceed through intermediary steps, some of which might entail the formation of species of analytically interesting characteristics (such as species of particularly high molar absorptivities as compared to the ultimately generated end-products). Due to its inherent exact and reproducible timing, FIA is a very attractive vehicle to use to detect such species - especially if side reactions entail the formation of coproducts that can give rise to signals at the measurements conditions used.