Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To develop an analytical method for the determination of fumaric acid in pharmaceutical intermediate product by ion chromatography. METHODS The determination of fumaric acid was achieved on a separation column IonPac AS11-HC with KOH as eluent, and the detection was performed by a conductivity detection mode. RESULTS The linear calibration was obtained over the range of 0.10-100.0 mg·L
-1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.999 9. The relative standard deviations(RSD) of retention time, peak area and peak height were 1ess than 1.05%(n=7). The detection limit of method was 0.014 mg·L
-1. The recoveries of added standard were 98.8%-100.6%. CONCLUSION The method is simple, fast and accurate for the determination of fumaric acid in the sample pharmaceutical intermediate.