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Transfer a portion of the Cefprozil for Oral Suspension powder,equivalent to about 50mg of cefprozil,to a 20-mLglass-stoppered test tube,add 10mLof a mixture of acetone and 0.1Nhydrochloric acid (4:1),shake for 5minutes,and allow to settle.Use the supernatant as the test solution.Dissolve a suitable quantity of
USP Cefprozil (Z)-Isomer RSin a mixture of acetone and 0.1Nhydrochloric acid (4:1)to obtain a Standard solution containing 5mg per mL.Apply separate 10-µLportions of the test solution and the Standard solution to a suitable thin-layer chromatographic plate (see
Chromatography á621ñ)coated with a 0.25-mm layer of chromatographic silica gel mixture.Allow the spots to dry,and develop the chromatogram in an equilibrated chromatographic chamber with a solvent system consisting of a mixture of butyl alcohol,water,and glacial acetic acid (60:20:20)until the solvent front has moved about three-fourths of the length of the plate.Remove the plate from the chamber,and allow the plate to air-dry in a hood.Place the dry plate in a chamber containing iodine vapors.Examine the plate,and locate the spots:the
RFvalue of the principal spot in the chromatogram obtained from the
Test solutioncorresponds to that obtained from the
Standard solution.