Identification
B:
The retention time of the major peak in the chromatogram of the Assay preparation corresponds to that in the chromatogram of the Standard preparation, as obtained in the Assay.
C:
A solution (1 in 100) meets the requirements of the silver nitrate precipitate in the test for
Chloride
191
.
Related compounds
Mobile phase
Dissolve 1.0 g of sodium hexanesulfonate in a 500-mL volumetric flask with about 100 mL of water. Add 1.0 mL of phosphoric acid and 1.0 mL of triethylamine, and dilute with water to volume. Prepare a mixture of the resulting solution and acetonitrile (1:1). Mix well, filter and degas. Make adjustments if necessary. (see
System Suitability under
Chromatography
621
).
Standard solution
Dissolve accurately weighed quantities of USP Flavoxate Hydrochloride RS and USP Flavoxate Related Compound A RS in Mobile phase, and dilute quantitatively and stepwise, if necessary, with Mobile phase to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 0.001 mg per mL of each Reference Standard.
Test solution
Into a suitable volumetric flask dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of Flavoxate Hydrochloride in Mobile phase to obtain a solution with a nominal concentration of about 1.0 mg per mL. Mix or sonicate briefly to dissolve the sample.
Chromatographic system
(see
Chromatography
621
)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 293-nm detector and a 4.6-mm × 15-cm column that contains 5-µm packing L7. The flow rate is about 1.2 mL per minute. Chromatograph the
Standard solution, and record the peak areas as directed for
Procedure. Identify the peaks using the relative retention times given in
Table 1. The resolution,
R, between the flavoxate hydrochloride and flavoxate related compound A is not less than 6.0; the column efficiency is not less than 3000 plate counts; the tailing factor is not more than 2.0 for flavoxate related compound A; and the relative standard deviation for five replicate injections for flavoxate related compound A is not more than 2.0%.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 20 µL) of the
Standard solution and the
Test solution into the chromatograph, and record the chromatograms for about 25 minutes. Measure the peak areas of all the peaks in the
Test solution. Identify the peaks using the relative retention times given in
Table 1.
Table 1
Component Name |
Relative Retention Time |
Relative Response Factor |
Limit (%) |
Flavoxate hydrochloride |
1.0 |
|
|
Flavoxate related compound A1 |
1.55 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
Methyl ester2 |
3.45 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
Ethyl ester3 |
4.75 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
Any unspecified impurity |
|
1.0 |
0.1 |
Total impurities |
|
|
1.0 |
1
3-Methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid.
2
3-Methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid methyl ester.
3
3-Methylflavone-8-carboxylic acid ethyl ester.
|
Calculate the percentage of each impurity in the portion of Flavoxate Hydrochloride taken by the formula:
100(CS / CU)(ri / rS)(1/ F)
in which
CS and
CU are the concentrations of flavoxate hydrochloride, in mg per mL, of the
Standard solution and the
Test solution, respectively;
ri is the peak response of each individual impurity;
rS is the response of the flavoxate hydrochloride peak obtained from the
Standard solution; and
F is the relative response factor for each of the impurities relative to flavoxate hydrochloride, which is given in
Table 1.
Assay
Mobile phase
Dissolve 1.0 g of sodium hexanesulfonate in 650 mL of water, add 1 mL of triethylamine and 1.0 mL of phosphoric acid. Filter the solution. To the resulting filtered solution add 350 mL of acetonitrile. Mix well and degas. Make adjustments if necessary (see
System Suitability under
Chromatography
621
).
Standard preparation
Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of USP Flavoxate Hydrochloride RS in Mobile phase, and dilute quantitatively, and stepwise if necessary, with Mobile phase to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 0.05 mg per mL.
Assay preparation
Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of Flavoxate Hydrochloride in Mobile phase, and dilute quantitatively, if necessary, with Mobile phase to obtain a solution with a nominal concentration of about 0.05 mg per mL.
Chromatographic system
(see
Chromatography
621
)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 293-nm detector and a 4.6-mm × 15-cm column that contains 5-µm packing L1. The flow rate is about 1.0 mL per minute. Chromatograph the
Standard preparation, and record the peak responses as directed for
Procedure: the column efficiency is not less than 3000; the tailing factor is not more than 2.0, and the relative standard deviation for five replicate injections is not more than 2.0%.
[NoteThe typical retention time of the flavoxate hydrochloride peak is about 4.3 minutes.
]
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 20 µL) of the
Standard preparation and the
Assay preparation into the chromatograph, record the chromatograms, and measure the response for the flavoxate hydrochloride peak. Calculate the quantity, in percent, of C
24H
25NO
4·HCl in the portion of Flavoxate Hydrochloride by the formula:
100(CS / CU)(rU / rS)
in which
CS is the concentration of flavoxate hydrochloride, in mg per mL, in the
Standard preparation; CU is the nominal concentration, in mg per mL, of Flavoxate Hydrochloride in the
Assay preparation; and
rU and
rS are the peak responses obtained from the
Assay preparation and the
Standard preparation, respectively.
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