Identification
A:
Infrared Absorption á197KñPrepare the test specimen as follows.Powder 1or more Tablets,and transfer a portion of the powder,equivalent to about 50mg of amodiaquine,to a 125-mLseparator.Add 20mLof water,and shake for 1minute.Add 25mLof chloroform and 1mLof ammonium hydroxide,shake for 2minutes,and when settled,filter the chloroform extract through cotton that previously has been rinsed with chloroform,collecting the extract in a vessel suitable for evaporation.Evaporate the chloroform,and dry the residue at 105

for 1hour.
Dissolution á711ñ
Medium:
water;900mL.
Apparatus 2:
50rpm.
Time:
30minutes.
Procedure
Determine the amount of C
20H
22ClN
3O·2HCl·2H
2Odissolved from UVabsorbances at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 342nm on filtered portions of the solution under test,suitably diluted with water,if necessary,in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of
USP Amodiaquine Hydrochloride RSin the same medium.
Tolerances
An amount of amodiaquine hydrochloride (C20H22ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O)equivalent to not less than 75%(Q)of the labeled amount of amodiaquine (C20H22ClN3O)is dissolved in 30minutes.
Assay
Weigh and finely powder not fewer than 20Tablets.Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the powder,equivalent to about 300mg of amodiaquine,to a 250-mLbeaker,add about 100mLof dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100),and heat on a steam bath for about 15minutes with occasional stirring.Cool the mixture to room temperature,transfer to a 200-mLvolumetric flask,add dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100)to volume,and mix.Pipet 10mLof the clear supernatant into a 125-mLseparator.Add about 10mLof dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100),and wash with 20mLof chloroform,discarding the washing.Add 4.5mLof 1Nsodium hydroxide,and extract with four 25-mLportions of chloroform.Extract the combined chloroform solutions with three 50-mLportions of dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100).Combine the acid extracts in a 200-mLvolumetric flask,add dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100)to volume,and mix.Pipet 20mLof this solution into a 100-mLvolumetric flask,add dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100)to volume,and mix.Concomitantly determine the absorbances of this solution and a solution of undried
USP Amodiaquine Hydrochloride RS,in the same medium having a known concentration of about 15µg per mLin 1-cm cells at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 342nm,with a suitable spectrophotometer,using dilute hydrochloric acid (1in 100)as the blank.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of C
20H
22ClN
3O·2HCl·2H
2Oin the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
21.68C(AU/AS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in µg per mL,calculated on the anhydrous basis,of the
USP Amodiaquine Hydrochloride RSin the Standard solution;and
AUand
ASare the absorbances of the solution from the Tablets and the Standard solution,respectively.The quantity determined,multiplied by 0.7656,gives the equivalent quantity of C
20H
22ClN
3O.