title: Analysis of benzodiazepines. II. High-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection after molecular rearrangement to acridanones.
abstract: A molecular rearrangement of benzophenones (hydrolysis products of 1,4-benzodiazepines) to 9-acridones has been studied. The compounds synthesized were analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with a fluorescence detector, because of their high luminescence. The method, which can detect sixteen benzodiazepines simultaneously, is highly sensitive and adequately specific. It is reliable for the analysis of these compounds in biological samples at therapeutic concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Legale e delle Assicurazioni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: De Giovanni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiarotti
mesh_terms: D000166:Acridines / Q000032:analysis*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000032:analysis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003500:Cyclization; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012015:Reference Standards; D012997:Solvents; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000166:Acridines; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D012997:Solvents; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide