Pilocarpine Nitrate
(pye'' loe kar' peen nye' trate).
C11H16N2O2·HNO3
271.27
2(3H)-Furanone, 3-ethyldihydro-4-[(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)methyl]-, (3S-cis)-, mononitrate. Pilocarpine mononitrate [148-72-1]. » Pilocarpine Nitrate contains not less than 98.5 percent and not more than 101.0 percent of C11H16N2O2·NO3, calculated on the dried basis.
Packaging and storage
Preserve in tight, light-resistant containers.
Identification
B:
Mix a solution (1 in 10) with an equal volume of ferrous sulfate TS, and superimpose the mixture upon 5 mL of sulfuric acid contained in a test tube: the zone of contact becomes brown.
Melting range 741:
between 171 and 176, with decomposition, but the range between beginning and end of melting does not exceed 3.
Loss on drying 731
Dry it at 105 for 2 hours: it loses not more than 2.0% of its weight.
Readily carbonizable substances 271
Dissolve 100 mg in 5 mL of sulfuric acid : the solution has no more color than Matching Fluid A.
Chloride
To 5 mL of a solution (1 in 50), acidified with nitric acid, add a few drops of silver nitrate TS: no opalescence is produced immediately.
Other alkaloids
Dissolve 200 mg in 20 mL of water, and divide the solution into two portions. To one portion add a few drops of 6 N ammonium hydroxide and to the other add a few drops of potassium dichromate TS: no turbidity is produced in either solution.
Assay
Dissolve about 600 mg of Pilocarpine Nitrate, accurately weighed, in 30 mL of glacial acetic acid, warming slightly to effect solution. Cool to room temperature, and titrate with 0.1 N perchloric acid VS, determining the endpoint potentiometrically. Perform a blank determination, and make any necessary correction. Each mL of 0.1 N perchloric acid is equivalent to 27.13 mg of C11H16N2O2·NO3.
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