Ketoprofen
Benzeneacetic acid, 3-benzoyl--methyl-, (±)-. (±)-m-Benzoylhydratropic acid [22071-15-4]. » Ketoprofen contains not less than 98.5 percent and not more than 101.0 percent of C16H14O3, calculated on the dried basis.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight containers.
Identification
Solution:
1 in 100,000.
Medium:
a mixture of methanol and water (3:1).
Absorptivities at the wavelength of maximum absorbance at about 258 nm do not differ by more than 3.0%, calculated on the dried basis.
Melting range, Class I 741:
between 92.0 and 97.0.
Specific rotation 781S:
between +1 and 1.
Test solution:
10 mg per mL, in dehydrated alcohol.
Loss on drying 731
Dry it in vacuum at 60 for 4 hours: it loses not more than 0.5% of its weight.
Residue on ignition 281:
not more than 0.2%.
Heavy metals, Method II 231:
0.002%.
Chromatographic purity
pH 3.5 Buffer
Dissolve 68.0 g of monobasic potassium phosphate in 1000 mL of water, and adjust with phosphoric acid to a pH of 3.5 ± 0.05.
Mobile phase
Prepare a suitable filtered and degassed mixture of water, acetonitrile, and pH 3.5 buffer (55:43:2). Make adjustments if necessary (see System Suitability under Chromatography 621).
System suitability solution
Prepare a solution in Mobile phase containing about 0.01 mg per mL of USP Ketoprofen RS and 0.005 mg per mL of 3-benzoylbenzoic acid. [noteProtect this solution from light.]
Standard solution
Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of USP Ketoprofen RS quantitatively in Mobile phase to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 0.002 mg per mL. [noteProtect this solution from light.]
Test solution
Transfer about 100 mg of Ketoprofen, accurately weighed, to a 100-mL volumetric flask, dissolve in and dilute with Mobile phase to volume, and mix. [noteProtect this solution from light.]
Chromatographic system
(see Chromatography 621)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 233-nm detector and a 4.6-mm × 15-cm column that contains 3-µm packing L1. The flow rate is about 1.0 mL per minute. Chromatograph the System suitability solution, and record the peak responses as directed for Procedure: the relative retention times are about 0.8 for 3-benzoylbenzoic acid and 1.0 for ketoprofen; the resolution, R, between 3-benzoylbenzoic acid and ketoprofen is not less than 4; the column efficiency, determined from the ketoprofen peak, is not less than 2250 theoretical plates; and the tailing factor for the ketoprofen peak is not more than 2.0. Chromatograph the Standard solution, and record the peak responses as directed for Procedure: the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 5%.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 20 µL) of the Standard solution and the Test solution into the chromatograph, run the chromatograph for seven times the retention time for ketoprofen, record the chromatograms, and measure the areas for the peaks. Calculate the percentage of each impurity by the same formula:
10,000(C / W)(ri / rS)
in which C is the concentration, in mg per mL, of USP Ketoprofen RS in the Standard solution; W is the weight, in mg, of Ketoprofen taken to prepare the Test solution; ri is the response of each individual peak, other than the main ketoprofen peak, obtained from the Test solution; and rS is the response of the main ketoprofen peak obtained from the Standard solution: not more than 0.2% of any individual impurity is found, and the sum of all impurities found is not more than 1.0%.
Assay
Dissolve about 450 mg of Ketoprofen, accurately weighed, in 25 mL of alcohol. Add 25 mL of water and several drops of phenol red TS, and titrate with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide having been standardized by a similar titration of primary standard benzoic acid. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction. Each mL of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide is equivalent to 25.43 mg of C16H14O3.
Auxiliary Information
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 2739
Pharmacopeial Forum: Volume No. 34(3) Page 617
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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