High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Diuretic-Antihypertensive Combination Products. II. Polythiazide and Reserpine

Spectrophotometric determination of some pharmaceutical piperazine derivatives through charge-transfer and ion-pair complexation reactions

Simple and sensitive spectrophotometric methods are described for the assay of three piperazine derivatives; ketoconazole, piribedil and prazosin hydrochloride based on charge-transfer and ion-pair complexation reactions. The first method is based on the reaction of the basic drug with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) in acetonitrile. The orange-red colour formed due to the formation of charge-transfer complex showed maximum absorbance at 460 nm. The second method is based upon the interaction of the basic drug in dry chloroform with bromophenol blue (BPB) in the same solvent to produce a stable yellow ion-pair complex which absorbs at 410 nm. Beer's law was obeyed for both methods and the relative standard deviations were found to be less than 1%. The two methods can be applied to the analysis of tablets, with no evidence of interference from excipients. A more detailed investigation of the complex was made with respect to its composition, association constant and free energy change.

Spectrophotometric study of polythiazide-palladium (II) complex

A quantitative spectrophotometric method using Pd(II) chloride as analytical reagent for the determination of polythiazide in pharmaceutical preparations is described in this study. It has been found that polythiazide reacts with Pd(II) chloride in the pH range 3.6-5.8, forming a red, water-soluble (1:1) complex with maximum absorbance at 527 nm. At the optimum pH of 4.8 and an ionic strength mu = 0.1 M, the conditional stability constant of the complex is found to be log K' = 4.77. The molar absorptivity at 527 nm is 3.2 x 10(3) l mol-1 cm-1. Good agreement with Beer's law was found for polythiazide concentrations up to 2.2 mmol l-1. The nominal percent recovery of polythiazide was 99.5% (n = 20). The simplicity, selectivity and sensitivity of the method described is suitable for rapid and accurate determinations of polythiazide in tablets.