Identification
Transfer a suitable quantity of finely powdered Tablets to a glass-stoppered centrifuge tube.Add 10mLof sodium hydroxide solution (1in 250),shake to wet the powder,then add 15mLof solvent hexane,and again shake.Centrifuge the mixture,and transfer the upper phase to a beaker.Evaporate the solvent,and dry the residue in vacuum over anhydrous calcium chloride at room temperature for 16hours:the IRabsorption spectrum of a suitable solution in chloroform of the residue so obtained exhibits maxima only at the same wavelengths as that of a similar preparation from the residue obtained from
USP Diluted Isosorbide Dinitrate RS.
Dissolution á711ñ
Medium:
water;1000mL.
Apparatus 2:
75rpm.
Time:
45minutes.
Mobile phase
Prepare a suitable degassed and filtered mixture of pH3.0,0.1
Mammonium sulfate and methanol (50:50).Make adjustments if necessary (see
System Suitabilityunder
Chromatography á621ñ),using sulfuric acid for any necessary pHadjustment.
Chromatographic system
(see
Chromatography á621ñ)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 220-nm detector and a 4.6-mm ×5-cm column that contains packing L1.The flow rate is about 1.0mLper minute.Chromatograph replicate injections of the Standard solution,and record the peak responses as directed for
Procedure:the relative standard deviation is not more than 2.0%,and the tailing factor is not more than 1.5.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 20µL)of the Standard solution and a filtered aliquot of the solution under test into the chromatograph,record the chromatograms,and measure the responses for the major peaks.Calculate the amount of C6H8N2O8dissolved in comparison with a Standard solution having a known concentration of USP Isosorbide Dinitrate RS,similarly prepared and chromatographed.
Tolerances
Not less than 70%(Q)of the labeled amount of C6H8N2O8is dissolved in 45minutes.
Assay
Buffer solution
,
Mobile phase,
Internal standard solution,
Standard preparation,and
Chromatographic systemPrepare as directed in the
Assayunder
Diluted Isosorbide Dinitrate.
Assay preparation
Weigh and finely powder not fewer than 20Tablets.Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the powder,equivalent to about 12.5mg of isosorbide dinitrate,to a dry,50-mLvolumetric flask,add about 30mLof Mobile phase,and shake the mixture by hand immediately,to prevent clumping.If clumping persists,disperse with the aid of sonication,or break the aggregates with a stirring rod.Shake for 30minutes.Add 8.0mLof Internal standard solution,cool to room temperature,add 8mLof a 1in 10dilution of Buffer solutionin water,dilute with Mobile phaseto volume,and mix.Filter a portion through a disposable ion-exchange filter.
Procedure
Proceed as directed for
Procedurein the
Assayunder
Diluted Isosorbide Dinitrate.Calculate the quantity,in mg,of C
6H
8N
2O
8in the portion of Tablets taken by the formula:
50C(RU/RS),
in which
Cis the concentration,in mg per mL,of isosorbide dinitrate from the USP Isosorbide Dinitrate RStaken for the
Standard preparation,and
RUand
RSare the ratios of the peak responses obtained from the
Assay preparationand the
Standard preparation,respectively.