title: Figures of merit in the quantification of ibuprofen enantiomers by chiral HPLC.
abstract: The determination of ibuprofen (IBU) enantiomers by chiral high-performance liquid chromatographic is described. The methodology is based on chiral recognition of ibuprofen by a chiral column based on cellulose tris(4-methylbenzoate) coated on silica gel (Chiralcel OJ-H). The mobile phase is n-hexane-2-propanol-trifluoroacetic acid (98:2:0.1, v/v/v). The flow rate was 1.0 mL/min, and UV detection was 254 nm. The samples of ibuprofen were prepared in n-hexane in the concentration range 50-100% of (S)-IBU 1 x 10(-3) mol/L. Calibration and validation method were performed with six and nine samples, respectively. Goodness-of-fit measures represented by correlation coefficient, y-intercept, and slope of the regression line were 0.9836, 21373, 2162, respectively. Average of the relative error of the proposed method was 3.0%, 0.9% (S)-IBU selectivity, and 2162% (S)-IBU-1 sensitivity. The minimum concentration difference between two samples that could be determined in the linear dynamic range was 0.4% (S)-IBU. Limits of detection and quantification were 8.1 and 27.0% (S)-IBU, respectively. These results indicate that the proposed method can be employed for determination of the enantiomeric composition of IBU.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valderrama
authors.forename: Adriano Lopes
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Paulo Mitsuo
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Ronei Jesus
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Poppi
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D007052:Ibuprofen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007052:Ibuprofen