Identification
Shake a quantity of finely powdered Tablets,equivalent to about 100mg of chlorpropamide,with 20mLof 1Nhydrochloric acid,and extract with 50mLof chloroform.Filter the chloroform through chloroform-washed cotton into a suitable beaker,and evaporate the chloroform on a steam bath with the aid of a current of dry air to dryness.Dry the residue at 105

for 1hour:the residue so obtained responds to the
Identificationtests under
Chlorpropamide.
Dissolution á711ñ
Medium:
water;900mL.
Apparatus 2:
50rpm.
Time:
60minutes.
Procedure
Determine the amount of C
10H
13ClN
2O
3Sdissolved from UVabsorbances at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 230nm of filtered portions of the solution under test,suitably diluted with 0.1Nhydrochloric acid in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of
USP Chlorpropamide RSin 0.1Nhydrochloric acid.
[NOTEAvolume of alcohol not exceeding 10%of the final volume of the Standard solution may be used to dissolve the
USP Chlorpropamide RS.
]
Tolerances
Not less than 75%(Q)of the labeled amount of C10H13ClN2O3Sis dissolved in 60minutes.
Assay
Mobile phase
,
Standard preparation,and
Chromatographic systemProceed as directed in the
Assayunder
Chlorpropamide.
Assay preparation
Weigh and finely powder not less than 20Tablets.Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the powder,equivalent to about 50mg of chlorpropamide,to a 100-mLvolumetric flask.Add Mobile phaseto volume,mix,and filter,discarding the first 10mLof the filtrate.Pipet 10mLof the filtrate into a second 100-mLvolumetric flask,add Mobile phaseto volume,and mix.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for
Procedurein the
Assayunder
Chlorpropamide.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of C
10H
13ClN
2O
3Sin the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
1000C(rU/rS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in mg per mL,of
USP Chlorpropamide RSin the
Standard preparation,and
rUand
rSare the peak responses obtained from the
Assay preparationand the
Standard preparation,respectively.