Simultaneous determination of diethylene glycol and propylene glycol in pharmaceutical products by HPLC after precolumn derivatization with p-toluenesulfonyl isocyanate
✍ Scribed by Tao Zhou; Haiying Zhang; Gengli Duan
- Book ID
- 102925859
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 563 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1615-9306
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A simple and reliable HPLC method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of diethylene glycol (DEG) and propylene glycol (PG) in pharmaceutical products by precolumn derivatization. The derivatization reagent p‐toluenesulfonyl isocyanate (TSIC, 10 μL, 20% in ACN v/v) was added to 100 μL of the sample, and then 10 μL of water was added. The resulting derivatives were separated using a C~18~ analytical column and a mobile phase composed of 0.01 M KH~2~PO~4~ buffer (adjusted to pH 2.5 with phosphoric acid) and ACN (47:53 v/v) at 1 mL/min and 25°C. For detection, UV light at 227 nm was used. The derivatization conditions including reaction time, temperature, and concentration of TSIC were optimized. The calibration curves were linear from 0.062 to 18.6 μg/mL (r^2^ = 0.9999) and from 0.071 to 21.3 μg/mL (r^2^ = 0.9999) for DEG and PG, respectively. The RSD values of intra‐ and interday assays were all below 4% for DEG and PG. The proposed method was then successfully applied to analyze two Armillarisin A injection samples and two spiked syrup samples.