Methimazole
» Methimazole contains not less than 98.0 percent and not more than 101.0 percent of C4H6N2S, calculated on the dried basis.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in well-closed, light-resistant containers.
Identification
B:
Mercuric chloride TS produces in a solution (1 in 200) a white precipitate, but no precipitation is produced by trinitrophenol TS. The solution is colored intensely blue by molybdophosphotungstate TS.
Melting range 741:
between 143 and 146.
Loss on drying 731
Dry it at 105 for 2 hours: it loses not more than 0.5% of its weight.
Residue on ignition 281:
not more than 0.1%.
Selenium 291:
0.003%, a 200-mg specimen being used.
Ordinary impurities 466
Test solution:
ethyl acetate.
Standard solution:
ethyl acetate.
Eluant:
a mixture of toluene, isopropyl alcohol, and ammonium hydroxide (70:29:1), in a nonequilibrated chamber.
Visualization:
2.
Assay
Dissolve about 250 mg of Methimazole, accurately weighed, in 75 mL of water. Add from a buret 15 mL of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide VS, mix, and add, with agitation, about 30 mL of 0.1 N silver nitrate. Add 1 mL of bromothymol blue TS, and continue the titration with the 0.1 N sodium hydroxide VS until a permanent, blue-green color is produced. Each mL of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide is equivalent to 11.42 mg of C4H6N2S.
Auxiliary Information
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Chromatographic Column
USP32NF27 Page 2924
Chromatographic columns text is not derived from, and not part of, USP 32 or NF 27.
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