TEST1:GADOLINIUM-CONTAINING IMPURITIES
Buffer solution
Dissolve 10.2g of monobasic potassium phosphate,0.165g of dibasic potassium phosphate,and 1.76g of edetate disodium in 3000mLof water,and filter.
Mobile phase
Prepare a degassed mixture of Buffer solutionand acetonitrile (98:2).Make adjustments if necessary (see System Suitabilityunder Chromatography á621ñ).
Diluent
Transfer 3.40g of monobasic potassium phosphate,4.21g of dibasic potassium phosphate,and 0.584g of edetate disodium to a 1000-mLvolumetric flask,dissolve in and dilute with water to volume,and mix.
Standard stock solution 1
Quantitatively dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of gadolinium (Gd III)acetate in water to obtain a solution having a concentration of about 0.4mg per mL.
Standard solution
Transfer 1.0mLof Standard stock solution 1and 2.0mLof Standard stock solution 2to a 10-mLvolumetric flask,and dilute with Diluentto volume.Transfer 1.0mLof this solution to a vial,add 3.0mLof Diluent,and mix.
Test solution
Transfer about 60mg of Gadoteridol,accurately weighed,to a vial,add 2.0mLof
Diluent,and mix.Immediately place the vial in a bath maintained at about 5

.
Chromatographic system(see Chromatography á621ñ)
The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a fluorometric detector operating at an excitation wavelength of 275nm and an emission wavelength of 314nm,and a 4.6-mm ×25-cm column that contains 5-µm packing L1.The flow rate is about 1mLper minute.Chromatograph the Standard solution,and record the peak responses as directed for Procedure:the relative retention times are about 1.0for free gadolinium (III),1.6for 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid gadolinium sodium salt (gadoteridol related compound D),and 2.2for gadoteridol related compound B;and the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 5.0%.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 50µL)of the
Standard solutionand the
Test solutioninto the chromatograph,record the chromatograms,and measure all of the peak responses.Allow the
Test solutionto elute for not less than 1.3times the retention time of the gadoteridol peak.Calculate the percentage of gadoteridol related compound Din the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
200(C/W)(rU/rS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in mg per mL,of
USP Gadoteridol Related Compound B RS,calculated on the anhydrous basis,in the
Standard solution;Wis the weight,in mg,of Gadoteridol taken to prepare the
Test solution;and
rUand
rSare the gadoteridol related compound Dpeak responses obtained from the
Test solutionand the
Standard solution,respectively.Calculate the percentage of gadoteridol related compound Bin the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
200(C/W)(rU/rS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in mg per mL,of
USP Gadoteridol Related Compound B RS,calculated on the anhydrous basis,in the
Standard solution;Wis the weight,in mg,of Gadoteridol taken to prepare the
Test solution;and
rUand
rSare the gadoteridol related compound Bpeak responses obtained from the
Test solutionand
Standard solution,respectively.Calculate the percentage of any other impurity in the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
200(C/W)(ri/rS),
in which
riis the peak response of any other impurity obtained from the
Test solution;and
rSis the peak response for gadoteridol related compound Bobtained from the
Standard solution:not more than 0.1%of any individual impurity is found,and not more than 0.3%of gadolinium-containing impurities is found.
TEST2(NONGADOLINIUM-CONTAINING IMPURITIES)
50mM Ammonium phosphate buffer
Dissolve 17.25g of monobasic ammonium phosphate in 3000mLof water,and filter.
pH5.0Buffer
Transfer 2000mLof 50mM Ammonium to a 2-Lbeaker,and adjust with ammonium hydroxide to a pHof 5.0.
pH7.0Buffer
Transfer 1000mLof 50mM Ammonium to a 1-Lbeaker,and adjust with ammonium hydroxide to a pHof 7.0.
Mobile phase
Prepare a filtered and degassed mixture of
pH5.0bufferand acetonitrile (87:13).Make adjustments if necessary (see
System Suitabilityunder
Chromatography á621ñ).
Test solution
Transfer about 50mg of Gadoteridol to a 25-mLvolumetric flask,dissolve in and dilute with pH7.0Bufferto volume,and mix.
Chromatographic system(see Chromatography á621ñ)
The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 220-nm detector and a 4.6-mm ×25-cm column that contains packing L18.The flow rate is about 1mLper minute.Chromatograph the
System suitability solution,and record the responses as directed for
Procedure:the relative retention times are about 1.0for gadoteridol,1.2for 1,4,7,10-tetraaza-1,4,7-tris-(carboxymethyl)-11-oxo-bicyclo [8.2.2]tetradecanium chloride (gadoteridol related compound F),1.5for 1,4,7,10-tetraaza-13-oxo-bicyclo [8.2.1]tridecane-4,7-diacetic acid (gadoteridol related compound E),and 1.7for gadoteridol related compound C;and the resolution,
R,between gadoteridol and gadoteridol related compound Cis not less than 5.Chromatograph the
Standard solutionas directed for
Procedure:the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 4.0%.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 20µL)of the
Standard solutionand the
Test solutioninto the chromatograph,record the chromatograms,and measure the peak responses.Allow the
Test solutionto elute for not less than twice the retention time of the gadoteridol peak.Calculate the percentage of gadoteridol related compound Cin the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
2.5(C/W)(rU/rS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in µg per mL,of
USP Gadoteridol Related Compound C RSin the
Standard solution;Wis the weight,in mg,of Gadoteridol taken to prepare the
Test solution;and
rUand
rSare the peak responses for gadoteridol related compound Cobtained from the
Test solutionand
Standard solution,respectively.Calculate the percentages of gadoteridol related compound Fand gadoteridol related compound Ein the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
2.5(1/F)(C/W)(ri/rS),
in which
Fis the relative response factor for gadoteridol related compound F(0.68)or for gadoteridol related compound E(1.7);
riis the peak response for gadoteridol related compound Eor gadoteridol related compound Fin the
Test solution;and
C,
W,and
rSare as defined above.Calculate the percentage of any other impurity in the portion of Gadoteridol taken by the formula:
2.5(C/W)(ri/rS),
in which
riis the response of any other impurity in the chromatogram of the
Test solution;and
C,
W,and
rSare as defined above:not more than 0.1%of any other impurity is found,and the total of nongadolinium-containing impurities is not more than 0.3%,calculated on the anhydrous basis.