Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To develop an LC-MS/MS method for the determination of residual tetraethyl ammonium bromide in clopidogrel sulfate.
METHODS The separation was performed on a Waters Atantis HILIC silica column(2.1 mm×100 mm, 5 μm), the mobile phase was the 0.1% formic acid solution of 0.05 mol·L
-1 ammonium formate -acetonitril(15:85) at the flow rate of 0.2 mL·min
-1, the column temperature was 35℃ and the sample volume was 1 μL. The detection of tetraethyl ammonium bromide in clopidogrel sulfate was achieved by triple quadrupole mass spectrometry with positive ionization using MRM mode.
RESULTS The calibration curve was linear in the range of 0.005 0-1.993 3 μg·mL
-1 (
r=0.999 8), the average recovery was 94.9%(
n=9), RSD of repeatability was 1.8%, the LOQ was 0.14 ng·mL
-1. The residual tetraethyl ammonium bromide were less than LOD in 6 batches of samples.
CONCLUSION The method is accurate, rapid, sensitive, and reproducible to determine the residual tetraethyl ammonium bromide in clopidogrel sulfate.