Related compounds
Resolution solution
In a separatory funnel dissolve about 10 mg each of
USP Phenyltoloxamine Citrate RS and
USP Phenyltoloxamine Related Compound A RS, accurately weighed, in 50 mL of water. Add 5 mL of ammonium hydroxide, and extract with three 10-mL portions of methylene chloride. Combine the extracts, dry the solution over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and gently evaporate to dryness. Dissolve the residue in 20 mL of methylene chloride.
Test solution
In a separatory funnel dissolve about 400 mg of Phenyltoloxamine Citrate, accurately weighed, in 50 mL of water. Proceed as directed for Resolution solution, beginning with Add 5 mL of ammonium hydroxide.
Chromatographic system (see Chromatography 621)
The gas chromatograph is equipped with a split injection system, a flame-ionization detector, and a 0.32-mm × 25-m column coated with a 0.45-µm film of phase G27. The carrier gas is helium, flowing at a rate of about 29 cm per second, with a split flow rate of about 25 mL per minute. The column temperature is programmed as follows. Initially the temperature of the column is equilibrated at 190
for 3 minutes, then the temperature is increased at a rate of 4
per minute to 240
, and maintained at 240
for 8 minutes. The injection port and the detector temperatures are maintained at 280
. Chromatograph the
Resolution solution, and record the peak responses as directed for
Procedure: the resolution,
R, between phenyltoloxamine and phenyltoloxamine related compound A is not less than 1.5.
Procedure
Inject a volume (about 1 µL) of the
Test solution into the chromatograph, record the chromatograms, and measure the peak responses. Calculate the percentage of each impurity in the portion of Phenyltoloxamine Citrate taken by the formula:
100(ri / rs),
in which
ri is the peak response of each impurity; and
rs is the sum of the responses of all the peaks, excluding the solvent peaks: not more than 0.2% of phenyltoloxamine related compound A; not more than 0.1% of any other individual impurity; and not more than 1.0% of total impurities is found.
Assay
Dissolve about 0.5 g of Phenyltoloxamine Citrate, accurately weighed, in 80 mL of glacial acetic acid, and titrate with 0.1 N perchloric acid VS, determining the endpoint potentiometrically. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction (see
Titrimetry 541). Each mL of 0.1 N perchloric acid is equivalent to 44.75 mg of C
17H
21NO·C
6H
8O
7.