- British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
- Appendices
- Appendix I A. General Reagents
1-Vinylpyrrolidin-2-one |
1-Vinylpyrrolidin-2-one 1-Ethenylpyrrolidin-2-one; C6H9NO = 111.1 (88-12-0)
Content, minimum 99.0%.
Clear colourless liquid.
Water (2.5.12) Maximum 0.1%, determined on 2.5 g. Use as the solvent, a mixture of 50 mL of anhydrous methanol and 10 mL of butyrolactone.
Assay Gas chromatography (2.2.28): use the normalisation procedure.
Column:
— material : fused-silica, — size : l = 30 m, Ø = 0.5 mm, — stationary phase: macrogol 20 000 R.
Carrier gas helium for chromatography.
Temperature:
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Detection Flame ionisation.
Inject 0.3 μL of the substance to be examined.
Adjust the flow rate of the carrier gas so that the retention time of the peak corresponding to 1-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one is about 17 minutes.

