NOTE—Throughout the following procedures, protect test or assay specimens, the Reference Standard, and solutions containing them, by conducting the procedures without delay, under subdued light, or using low-actinic glassware.

A: Transfer a volume of it, equivalent to about 20 mg of chlorpromazine hydrochloride, to a 125-mL separator. Add 10 mL of water, 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution (1 in 2), and mix. Extract with three 30-mL portions of ether. Filter the combined ether extracts through anhydrous sodium sulfate. With the aid of a stream of nitrogen evaporate the ether to about 5 mL. Quantitatively transfer the solution to a 40-mL centrifuge tube. Evaporate with a stream of nitrogen and mild heat to dryness. Dissolve the residue in 100 mL of methanol to obtain the Test solution. Separately apply 15 µL of this Test solution and 15 µL of a Standard solution, containing 0.2 mg of USP Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride RS per mL of methanol, to a thin-layer chromatographic plate (see Chromatography 621) coated with a 0.25-mm layer of chromatographic silica gel. Develop the chromatogram in a chamber containing a freshly prepared mixture of ethyl acetate that has been saturated with ammonium hydroxide, ether, and methanol (75:25:20) until the solvent front has moved about three-fourths of the length of the plate. Remove the plate from the chamber, air-dry, and spray with Iodoplatinate reagent prepared by dissolving 100 mg of platinic chloride in 10 mL of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid, adding 25 mL of potassium iodide solution (1 in 25), 0.5 mL of formic acid, and diluting with water to 100 mL: the RF value of the principal spot from the test solution corresponds to that obtained from the Standard solution.

B: Dilute a portion of the Syrup with an equal volume of water: the resulting solution responds to the tests for Chloride 191.

Chlorpromazine sulfoxide standard solution— Transfer 5 mL of a solution in dilute hydrochloric acid (1 in 100) of USP Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride RS containing 10.6 mg per mL to a 50-mL volumetric flask. Add 2 mL of 30% hydrogen peroxide and heat at 60 for 10 minutes. Cool, dilute with 1 M sodium bisulfite to volume, and mix. Transfer 10.0 mL to a 60-mL separator, add 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution (1 in 2), and mix. Extract with three 30-mL portions of ether. Filter the extracts through ether-wetted anhydrous sodium sulfate into a 250-mL conical flask. Cautiously evaporate the extracts to dryness. Dissolve the residue in 10.0 mL of methanol, and filter if necessary. Each mL of this solution contains 1 mg of chlorpromazine sulfoxide.

Procedure— Transfer an accurately measured volume of the Syrup, equivalent to about 20 mg of chlorpromazine hydrochloride, to a 125-mL separator. Add 10 mL of water and 2 mL of sodium hydroxide solution (1 in 2), and mix. Extract with three 30-mL portions of ether. Filter the combined ether extracts through anhydrous sodium sulfate. With the aid of a stream of nitrogen evaporate the ether to about 5 mL. Quantitatively transfer the solution to a 40-mL centrifuge tube. Evaporate with a stream of nitrogen and mild heat to dryness. Dissolve the residue in 1.0 mL of methanol to obtain the Test solution. Separately apply 15 µL of this Test solution and 15 µL of a Chlorpromazine sulfoxide standard solution to a thin-layer chromatographic plate (see Chromatography 621) coated with a 0.25-mm layer of chromatographic silica gel. Develop the chromatogram in a chamber containing a freshly prepared mixture of ethyl acetate that has been saturated with ammonium hydroxide, ether, and methanol (75:25:20) until the solvent front has moved about three-fourths of the length of the plate. Remove the plate from the chamber, air-dry, and spray with Iodoplatinate reagent prepared by dissolving 100 mg of platinic chloride in 10 mL of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid, adding 25 mL of potassium iodide solution (1 in 25) and 0.5 mL of formic acid, and diluting with water to 100 mL. The chromatogram from the Test solution may exhibit a secondary spot whose RF value corresponds to, and whose size and intensity are not greater than, those of the spot from the Chlorpromazine sulfoxide standard solution (5.0%).

(Official January 1, 2007)

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