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of
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Volume 18
Edited by
Klaus Florey
The Squibb Institute for Medical Research
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Contributing Editors
Abdullah A. Al-Badr Harry G. Brittain
George A. Forcier Lee T. Grady
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Vlll AFFILIATIONS OF EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Klaus Florey
ANALYTICAL PROFILE OF AZINTAMIDE
Ezzat M. Abdel-Moety
and
Hamad A . Al-Khamees
CONTENTS
1. I NTRODUCT0R.Y
2. DESCRIPTION
2-1. Name
2-2. Formulae
2-3. The Chemical Abstract Registry (CAS) Number
2-4. Appearance, C,olor, Odor and Taste
2-5. Physical Characteristics
2-6. Crystal Characteristics
2 - 7 . Spectral Characterization
3. SYNTHESIS
4. PHARMACOLOGY
5-1. Categoration
5-2. Uses
6. TOXICOLOGY
8. PHARMACOKINETICS
8-1. Biotransformation
8-2. Absorption
8-3. Excretion
9. METHODS OF ANALYSIS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES
AZINTAMIDE 3
1. INTRODUCTORY
2. DESCRIPTION
2-1. Names
CI
[CioHi4ClN30S (259.77)]
4 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND HAMAD A . AL-KHAMEES
2-53. Solubility
0-
97.59
-1 -
D O 97.58
-z -
x
\
-2-
-u
- 97.97
D1
L
r 3
4J
::
LL
-3-
0 1 L
97.55 a*
21
m
I Purity : 100.01 Mole X 2
I Melting P t : 9 7 . 5 'C I-
-4 - Oepresslan : -O.OOn'C
Oelta H : 3 0 . 6 kJ/molB 37.55
Corrcctlon : 1 . 0 7 x:
I.101. I l e l g h t : 259.8 g / ~ o l e
c e l l const : 1.283
-5 - O n s e t S l a p c : -7.90 mN/'C 37.54
J
nn T a t a l Ar.ea/Pdrt i d 1 A r e a
0 30 40 50 60
-6. , . ', . , 10' . I
20
. 37.33
50 60 70 80 9b id0 110 120 140 140 120
Temperature ('Cl PURITY V l . l . 4
Azintamide is an optically-inactive
species.
2-61. Crystallization
I , , . I
60 55 50 45 40 35 30 2 5 20 15 10 5
2 0-Value
AZINTAMIDE 9
- I\
0.0 ~ , , , , , ,
L
, ,
200 250 3 00 350
Wavelength ( n m )
~ ~~ ~
* m = medium, s = strong
Fig. 5 : The Infrared (It?) Spectrum of Azintamlde. i--l%,KBy).
12 EZZAT M . ABDEL-MOETY AND HAMAD A . AL-KHAMEES
r 42 I
5 -CH2 - co
I
I
I
,
-558 I
CH2- CH3
Az intamide
8ol
70
- 20
30 10
0
N
Lo
I:
M.2
262 ( 4 ) M t 2 C i o H i 6 C 1 N 3 0s
c1
187 ( 1 9 ) C6H3 C 1 N 2 0 S
159 ( 1 5 ) C5 H3 C l N 2 S
113 ( 5 0 ) C4HClNz
100 ( 5 0 ) C 5 H6 NO
'c2 H5
85 ( 4 6 )
72 (100)
1
L
CHJCON,
N'
C2 H5
,CH2 -
CH2'
* CHCON,
CH3
c4 H7 NO
C4 H6 N
base-peak 'c2 H5
71 (37) [ N:C2H5-
c2 H5
I] CiHsN
58 ( 1 2 ) CH2 -CH3 c2 H5
56 ( 2 4 ) CHiCON 0 CCONH2 C2 Hz NO
CH3
44 ( 2 2 ) N :
CH3
C2H6N
42 ( 2 5 ) kY2# CH2 H 2 N CH
y] C2 H4 N
CI
4.33 [ s , 2H ( 3 ) , SCHzCOI
1.18-1.11 [ t , 3H 1 7 1 , CHzCH31t
' '\
0
3. SYNTHESIS
CI
+ CICH2CON(CH2CH3)2 -
( i n ethanol)
SH
.-c
E
8
CI
\
c
U
-
C
rc
SCH2CO N
F 2 H5
\
C2H5
- <
Az in ta rnide
AZINTAMIDE 21
4. PHARMACOLOGY
5-1. Categoration
5-21. Contraindications
5-22. Dosage
6. TOXICOLOGY
8. PHARMACOKINET1CS
8-1. Biotransformation
8-2. Absorption
8-3. Excretion
9. METHODS OF ANALYSIS
Element %-Composition
C 46.24
H 5.43
c1 13.65
N 16.17
0 6.16
S 12.35
Reagent Observation
1. One-dimensional TLC
2. Two-dimensional TLC
c. Vanilin/H+ ;
heat, to give blue
violet spots.
AZINTAMIDE 21
9-21. Volumetry
i- Colorimetry
iv- PMR-sDectrophotometrp
9-222. SDectrofluorometry
A single-manifold FIA-system f o r
quantitative determination of azintamide via
spectrophotometric detection at 258 nm is investigated
by Abdel-Moety et al. (26). The limit of quantifica-
tion and detection is about 5 pg.ml-1 of azintamide
AZlNTAMIDE 29
i- Gas-liquid chromatographs
( GLC )
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES
Harry G. Brittain
1 Squibb Drive
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Description
1.1 Name, Formula, and Molecular Weight
1.2 Appearance
1.3 History
2. Synthesis
3. Physical Properties
3.1 Infrared Spectrum
3.2 NMR Spectra
3.3 Mass Spectra
3.4 Crystallographic Properties
3.5 Hygroscopicity
3.6 Optical Activity
3.7 Melting Phenomena
3.8 Differential Scanning Calorimetry
3.9 Thermogravimetry
3.10 Ionization Constant
3.11 Solubility
3.12 Partition Coefficients
3.13 Ultraviolet Spectrum
3.14 Fluorescence Spectrum
4. Methods of Analysis
4.1 Elemental
4.2 Spectrophotometric
4.3 Chromatographic
4.3.1 Thin-Layer
4.3.2 High Performance Liquid
4.4 Electrochemical
5. Stability
5.1 Solid Stability
5.2 Solution Stability
5.3 Incompatibilities
5.4 Stability in Biological Fluids
7. Acknowledgement
8. References
CHLOROTHIAZIDE 35
1. Description
1.2 Appearance
Chlorothiazide is a white crystalline, odorless
powder.
36 HARRY G . BRITTAIN
1.3 Historv
Chlorothiazide is a nonmercurial diuretic and
antihypertensive, and is a member of the
benzothiadiazide class of compounds. These were
first synthesized during studies on carbonic
anhydrase inhibitors. It was learned that the
dominant action of thiazides was to increase renal
excretion of sodium and chloride, and an
accompanying volume of water. Unlike both the
mercurial based agents and carbonic anhydrase
inhibitors, the action of thiazides was found to
be virtually independent of acid-base balance [l-
31.
Chlorothiazide is only one member of the
thiazide series, whose functionalities have been
systematically examined with respect to diuretic
activity. The following generalizations have been
proposed: (1) stable substitution on the 7-
sulfonamide group destroys carbonic anhydrase
activity, (2) various halogen substitutions at the
6 position enhance its diuretic potency, (3)
saturation of the heterocyclic ring between the 3
and 4 positions increases potency, (4) certain
substituents at the 3 position increase diuretic
activity, and (5) addition of various functional
groups at the 1, 4, or 5 positions decreases
diuretic activity [l-51.
2. Synthesis
The synthesis of chlorothiazide has been fully
described in the literature [6,7], and was covered
by U.S. patents 2,809,194 and 2,937,169 (both to
Merck & Co.) .
The first step in the synthesis of
chlorothiazide involves chlorosulfonation of m-
chloroaniline at 15OoC (in the presence of sodium
chloride) to yield 6-amino-4-chlorobenzene-l,3-
disulfonyl chloride, which is treated with
ammonium hydroxide to give 6-amino-4-
chlorobenzene-1,3-disulfonamide. This compound is
then heated with formic acid under reflux to
obtain chlorothiazide.
CHLOROTHIAZIDE 31
3. Physical Properties
%OOO 3600 3200 2300 2%0C ZGOC 1500 1290 800 LL3C
Energy (cm-I)
CHLOROTHIAZIDE 39
Table I
'H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Resonances
Observed in DMSO-d, Bolutions of Chlorothiazide
Resonance ~ Pm)
D Assisnment
149.7 c3
135.6 c5
121.5 C6
139.0 c7
139.9 C8
126.2 c9
121.4 c10
40 HARRY G . BRITTAIN
3.5 Hvaroscopicitv
As received, chlorothiazide is essentially
anhydrous, with typical moisture values around
0.1% being determined using thermogravimetry. The
hygroscopicity of chlorothiazide was evaluated by
exposing the material to controlle(1 relative
humidity environments (over saturated salt
solutions), and determining any increase in
volatile content. After one week exposure, the
moisture uptake was evaluated using
thermogravimetry. Even at relative humidity
values up to 8 4 % , the total volatile content was
found to be less than 1%. From these
observations, it is concluded that chlorothiazide
is essentially non-hygroscopic.
Table I1
Powder X-ray Diffraction Data Obtained for
Chlorothiazide: Scattering Angles, D-spacings, and
Relative Intensities
3.9 Thermoqravimetry
Thermogravimetric analysis of chlorothiazide
generates extremely simple thermograms.
Consistent with its analysis as an anhydrous and
non-hygroscopic material, no weight loss is
observed below 20OoC. The first derivative of the
TG curve reveals that the initial stages of the
decomposition weight loss begin around 355OC,
thereby identifying the strong exotherm of the DSC
thermogram as an oxidative decomposition feature.
3.11 Solubility
Temperature ("c)
CHLOROTHIAZIDE 45
Table I11
Summary of Reported Solubility Data for
Chlorothiazide
water (pH=4) 0 16
acetone 10 W L 17
chlorofo m insoluble 17
benzene insoluble 17
Wavelength (nm)
48 HARRY G . BRITTAIN
4. Methods of Analysis
4.1 Elemental Analysis
4.2 Spectrophotometric
4.3 ChromatoqraDhic
4.3.1 Thin-Laver
The determination of chlorothiazide by thin-
layer chromatography has been extensively
investigated, with this method being primarily
used for identity purposes. A large number of
solvent systems have been studied for analytical
utility, and a selection of these (together with
the reported R, values) is shown in Table IV.
Stohs and Scratchley have also considered various
spray reagents for chlorothiazide, and have
reported 9 different reagents for which good
analytical response was obtained [29].
Table IV
Thin-Layer Chromatographic Systems and
Characteristic R, Values Obtained using Silica Gel
G as the Adsorbant
4.4 Electrochemical
Chlorothiazide has been found to be
electrochemically active, with its reduction being
observable in two waves [36]. In borate buffer
(pH 8.1), the E,,2 values were found to be -1.65
and -1.88 volts. In N,N-dimethylformamide
solution, the E,,, values were determined to be
-1.12 and -1.45 volts. The electrochemistry of
chlorothiazide was used to develop a method for
its determination in solid dosage forms, since
most tablet constituents did not appreciably
affect the reduction potentials [37].
In a detailed study, t h e use of conventional DC
polarography was contrasted with differential
pulse polarography (DPP) for quantitation of
chlorothiazide in solid dosage forms [38]. The
DPP method was found to yield superior analytical
results, and applicable even in instances where
more than one electroactive substance was present.
52 HARRY G. BFUTTAIN
5. Stability
5.1 Solid Stability
5.3 Incompatibilities
7. Acknowledqement
Special thanks are due to Dr. G. Brewer, for
his assistance during the initial stages of the
literature searching.
54 HARRY G . BRITTAIN
8. References
1. K.H. Beyer, Perspect. Biol. Med., 2 0 , 410
(1977).
1. Description
3. Synthesis
4. Stability - Degradation
4.1 Solution
4.2 S o l i d State
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58 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN ET AL.
6. Toxicity
7. Methods of Analysis
7.1 Identification
7.2 Elemental Analysis
7.3 Titrations
7.4 Phase-SolubilityAnalysis
7.5 Thin-Layer Chromatography
7.6 Gas Chromatography
7.7 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
7.8 Infrared Absorption Spectrophotometry
7.9 Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrophotometry
7.10 Colorimetric Analysis
7.11 Polarography
7.12 X-Ray Fluorescience Analysis
7.13 Gravimetric Methods
References
1. DESCRIPTION
CI
1.2 Appearance
Clioquinol occurs as a white to yellowish white, light,
voluminous, spongy powder with a very faint characteristic
odor.
CLIOQUlNOL 59
Table I
Table I1
CI Hc
OH
0
1
0
(D
0
0
co
0
0
s
0
0
2
0
0
P
0
01
-
s)z
v
8:
ze
3
o =
3
0
0
Ln
cu
0
0
0
m
0
0
Lo
m
8
9
60
0
0
d
0
0
(D
0
63
0
0
z
0
0
?
0 2 G
g$ Y
3 .E
0
0
0
N
0
0
Lo
cu
0
0
0
m
0
0
Lo
m
0
0
9
61
PPM
Figure 3:
Proton NMR Spectrum of Clioquinol in Dimethyl Sulfoxide
CLIOQUINOL 63
Table I1 (continued)
Chemical Number
Shift of
(ppm) Multiplicity Protons Assignment
7.6-0.0 Mu1tiplet 1 a
8.0 Singlet 1 b
8.4-8.1 Multiplet 1 C
8.9-9.1 Mu1tip1et 1 d
OH
78.845 7
119.400 5
123.383 3
125.663 10
132.959 4
134.929 6
R.j
CLIOQUINOL 65
137.476 9
149.603 2
153.558 8
Table IV
m/e Fragment
305, 307 M+
0.67
0.5-
0.4-
8
s 0.3-
n
a
0.2-
0.1 -
-
0.0 I I I I
220 260 300 340
Wavelength, Nanometer
Figure 5:
Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of Clioquinol in 1:4 HCI
0.90-
0.80-
0.70-
a, 0.60-
0
0.50-
e
9a 0.40-
0.30 -
0.20-
0.10-
0.0-
1 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 1
200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400
Wavelength, Nanometer
Figure 6:
Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of Clioquinol in 0.1N Methanolic Sodium Hydroxide
68 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN ET AL.
1.0-
0.9-
0.8-
0.7-
0.6-
8
C
a
4? 0.5-
8
z
0.4-
0.3-
0.2-
0.1 -
0.0 I I I I
200 250 300 350 400
CLlOQUINOL 69
90-
80 -
70 -
> 60-
.-+-.
cn
c
a)
50-
9
.-
c
m
2 40-
30-
20 -
50
Figure 8:
Low Resolution Electron Impact Mass Spectrum of Clioquinol
70 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN ET AL.
Table IV (continued)
m/e Fragment
115 [M-CO-I-C1] +
2.9 Solubility
The solubilities of clioquinol in different solvents were
determined after equilibrating 0.5 g of the sample in 25 mL of
solvent at the temperature indicated in Table V.
72 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN E T A L .
Table V
2.11 Polymorphism
No polymorphism has been reported for clioquinol.
CLIOQUINOL 13
21 9
27 8
I y Y .
I 1 I I I I 1 1 1
5 10 15 20 25 30 35
DegreesTwoTheta
Figure 10:
X-ray Powder DiffractionPatternof Clioquinol
74 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN ETAL.
2.12 P a r t i t i o n Coefficient
The f o l l o w i n g p a r t i t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t d a t a f o r c l i o q u i n o l
were o b t a i n e d when 25 mL of 0 . 1 mg/mL and 1 mg/mL s o l u t i o n s i n
t h e a p p r o p r i a t e o r g a n i c s o l v e n t s were p a r t i t i o n e d i n d i v i d u a l l y
w i t h 25 mL of t h e i n d i c a t e d aqueous s o l u t i o n s a t room
temperature.
Table V I
0.1N H C 1 Chloroform + 0 1
pH 7 B u f f e r Chloroform +(XI
0.1N H C 1 Ether
pH 7 Buffer Ether +a
% o n c e n t r a t i o n i n o r g a n i c p h a s e / c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n aqueous
phase
2.13 D i s s o c i a t i o n Constant
C l i o q u i n o l can i o n i z e i n s o l u t i o n s b o t h a s a n a c i d and a s
a b a s e . The d i s s o c i a t i o n c o n s t a n t s have been r e p o r t e d i n t h e
l i t e r a t u r e ( 2 ) based on t h e p a r t i t i o n of c l i o q u i n o l ( o r
t r i t i a t e d c l i o q u i n o l ) between n-decane and b u f f e r s of appro-
p r i a t e pH v a l u e s and d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f c l i o q u i n o l by s p e c t r o -
photometry ( o r s c i n t i l l a t i o n c o u n t i n g ) . The b u f f e r s employed
were g e n e r a l l y 0.02 M i n phosphate and t h e y a l s o c o n t a i n e d
0 . 1 3 M sodium c h l o r i d e and 0 . 5 mM EDTA. The v a l u e s r e p o r t e d
f o r pKa were 3.17 f o r t h e d e p r o t o n a t i o n of t h e p r o t o n a t e d
n i t r o g e n and 8.01 f o r t h e d e p r o t o n a t i o n of t h e p h e n o l i c group.
The pKa v a l u e f o r t h e p h e n o l i c group has a l s o been r e p o r t e d t o
be 8 . 1 2 based on t h e p o t e q t i o m e t r i c ( 3 ) t i t r a t i o n a t 35'C w i t h
50:50 (v/u) e t h a n o l l w a t e r a s s o l v e n t .
CLIOQUINOL 75
2.14 Complexation
8-Hydroxyquinoline is a well known complexing agent (4,
5, 6 ) and hence clioquinol can also be expected to form
complexes with metal ions. The following formation constant
values f o r clioquinol have been reported in the literature
(3) -
Table VII
K1 = [MLi]/[M][Li]; K2 = [MLi2]/[MLil[Li];
K = K1K2[MLi2]/[Ml [LiI2
3. SYNTHESIS
-
Clioquinol is synthesized by iodination of 5-chloro-8-
hydroxyquinoline hydrochloride by the following reaction (6):
4. STABILITY-DEGRADATION
4.1 Solution
Clioquinol was found to und rgo significant degradation in
acidic, basic and photolyzed acetonitrile solutions. The
acidic (0.05% w/v in 4N HC1) and basic (0.05% w/v in 0.1N
NaOH) solutions were analyzed during a 2 day reflux period by a
gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) procedure. For photolysis,
0.05% w/v solution in acetonitrile was exposed to 600
foot-candle light source for 6 days and samples analyzed
periodically again by GLC
% Clioquinol Remaining
Photolyzed
Refluxed Refluxed Acetonitrile
Time 0.1N NaOH 4N HC1 Solution
0 100 100 100
5 Hours 90 N.D. 98
1 Day 54 65 92
2 Days 32 34 80
6. TOXICITY
An oral LD50 value of 69 mglkg in male mice has been
reported for clioquinol (6). Other reported LDS0 values are:
>1.99 g/m3/4H for inhalation for male rates and >3.04 kg/kg
for dermal route for rabbits.
7. METHODS OF ANALYSIS
7.1 Identification
Three identity tests are given in USP XXI for cliquinol
based on the following: ultraviolet absorption maximum at
267 nm, a test for liberated iodine and a gas chromatographic
retention time.
78 GANDHARVA PADMANABHAN ET AL..
7.3 Titrations
7.3.1 Non-aqueous Titration
Clioquinol can be titrated in glacial acetic acid with
perchloric acid in glacial acetic acid as titrant. The
titration can be carried out potentiometrically using a glass
calomel electrode containing lithium chloride saturated
glacial acetic acid. Clioquinol can also be titrated as an
acid in pyridine or dimethylformamide as solvents with methan-
olic sodium hydroxide as titrant.
7.3.2 Silver Nitrate Titration o f Liberated Halides
The chloride and iodide ions liberated from clioquinol,
after Schoniger combustion and reduction with hydrazine
sulfate, can be titrated potentiometrically using a silver
electrode and a mercurous sulfate-potassium sulfate reference
electrode. Iodine and chlorine are quantitated based respec-
tively on the first and second end-points.
System I
Adso rbent: Machery Nagel Precoated
20 x 20 cm Polyamide I1 W 2 5 4 plates,
0.2 mm thickness
System I1
Adso rbent: Silica Gel H (Merck) containing
citric acid (6)
System I11
Adsorbent: Polyamide (Woelm) powder with
calcium sulfate coated on a glass
plate (11)
System IV
Adsorbent: Silcia Gel
System V
Adsorbent: Silica Gel 60 HR containing
fluorescence indicator F254 and
pH 5.7 phosphate buffer coated on a
plate to 250 p thickness (13)
Sample
Derivatization: Derivatized with N,O-bis(trimethy1-
sily1)acetamide (BSA) in 4:l
pyridine/n-hexane. Instead of the
OV-17 column, 3% OV-101 on Gas
Chrom Q has also been employed to
analyze only the active drug employ-
ing the conditions described above.
System I1
The following systems have been employed for the determi-
nation of the drug substance in feed mixes (15).
System 111
Column: 16% OV-17 on Gas Chrom Z (100-120
mesh) or 10% OV-17 on Gas Chrom Q
(100-120 mesh) on 5 feet x k inch
i.d. glass column (16)
System IV
The following all glass system has been employed for the
analysis of active drug substance and related impurities (17)
System V
Column: 1% OV-101 on Gas Chrom Q (80-100
mesh) 2 meter x 2 mm i.d. glass
column (6).
System VI
The following system has been employed for the determi-
nation of the drug in urine and blood plasma samples (18).
System VII
The following system has been employed for the determi-
nation of clioquinol in biological samples (19).
System VIII
The following system has been employed for the analysis
of clioquinol in human plasma (7).
System IX
The following procedure has been employed for the analy-
sis of the active ingredient and formulations for both active
drug and related by-products (20).
System X
The following procedure has been employed for the analy-
sis of active ingredient (21, 22).
Flow Rate/
Temperature: 2 . 0 mL/minute at room temperature
Detection: W at 240 nm
Sample
Preparation: To a 100 mg sample dissolved in
1 mL of 50:50 mixture of
triethylamineltetrahydrofuran 1 mL of
acetic anhydride is added and the
solution stored at room temperature
for 1 hour. A 10 pL of the sample
solution is injected immediately
after dilution with mobile phase.
The above system has also been employed for the analysis
of active ingredient and several formulations with the follow-
ing modifications: mobile phase - acetonitrile/water ( 8 0 : 2 0 ) ,
W detection at 260 nm and 1 mL/minute flow rate.
System I1
The following system has been employed for the analysis
of the drug in cream formulations and in the active substance
(12) *
Internal
Standard : Testasterone acetate
Detection W at 254 nm
Sample: To 5 mL of tetrahydrofuran extract
of sample containing -1.5 mg of drug
substance, 2 mL of 1:l pyridine/
acetic anhydride is added and heated
for 15 minutes at 6OOC. After
addition of internal standard and
evaporation of solvent at 4OoC, the
sample is redissolved in mobile phase
and injected into the column.
System I11
The following system has been employed for the analysis
of clioquinol in plasma (23) and cream and ointment formula-
tions (24)
Internal
Standard: Phenylsalicylate
Plow Rate/
Temperature: 1 . 0 mL/minute at 4OoC
Detection: W at 256 nm
System IV
The following high pressure liquid chromatographic
procedure for the analysis of the conjugates such as
glucoronide and sulfate of clioquinol in human urine has been
reported (25).
CLIOQUINOL 87
Flow Rate/
Temperature: 1.0 mL/minute at room temperature
Detection: W at 254 nm
Sample : The urine sample is injected
directly.
7.11 Polarography
Clioquinol can be analyzed by polarography based on the
reduction of the quinoline ring system and halide substitu-
ents. A procedure has been described (6) based on the current
(Eh = -1.3V versus SCE) at pH-7 in 90% ethanolic solution with
lithium chloride in acetate buffer as supporting electrolyte.
REFERENCES
19. Degen, P. H . , S c h n e i d e r , W . , V u i l l a r d , P . , G e i g e r , U. P.
and Reiss, W. ( 1 9 7 6 ) . J . Chromatogr., __ 117, 407-413.
&.
If
3.
4 .
5. Stability
6.
13.. Toxicity
CLOFAZIMINE 93
1. Introduction
C1ofazi:nine ( ~ 6 3 3 ) 3 , piienazine d e r i v a t i v e , i s
one o f t h e r L o s t a c t i v e o f a s e r i e s of ccmpounds,
,
'
callccl rimlxio-conpounds s y n t h e s i z e d by 3 a r r y :ind
his c 011cagties i n suppress i r 4 exi>ericlental tubmer-
o ~ l o s i si n tlie mouse and guinea pig. S t u d i e s Lave
s!ioim t h a t clofnziinitie is a l s o a c t i v e acainst o t h e r
mycobacterial i n f e c t i o f l s ; iLycobactesiu3 l e p r a e , i n
p a r t i c u l a r , seerns t o b e about ten times x o r e
m sc ep t i b 1e t o c l o f azirriirie thii 1A. tuberculosis. --.
The c f f i c a c y o f clof'aaizine agaisst 1:uinan l e p r o s y ,
b o t h i n previmisly u i l t r e a t e d p a t i e n t s and i n
p a t i e n t s who lrave relapsed with dri s o n e - r e s i s t a n t
-
;A. l c p a e , i s w e l l est,zl,lisfled.2-1' 2lofazii.iine
i s now roconuncnclcd a s a colllporicnt o f mciltiple-drcig
therapy for l c p r o s y . T:ic co:qmuncl i s also u s e f ' u l
f o r tre:ttr.ieiit o f c h r o n i c s k i n a l c e r s produced hy
-::. ulceraxis and i t fias some a c t i v i t y a g a i n s t t h e
1l. a v i u m - i n t r a c e l l u l a r e cot'iplcx.
I The 5iol o g i c a l
and pharmacological a c t i v i t i e s o r c1ofazi:aine have
bccn d e s c r i b e d . 12-26
2. 9e script i o n
Cl
94 VlJAY K. KAPOOR
3. P h y s i c a l Properties
Wavelength
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 04 15
6
u
C
0
+
.-
c
E
v)
C
0
L
h
3.2 U l t r a v i o l e t and V i s i b l e S p e c t r a
The l i g h t a b s o r p t i o n , in t h e range 2 3 0 t o
350 n m , of a 1-cn l a y e r o f a 0.0002$ w/v solution
i n methyl a l c o h o l exhibits a maximum only a t 283 nm
( F i g u r e 2 ) ; 2 7 absorbance a t 223 nm is about 0.3. 28
The l i g h t a b s o r p t i o n i n t h e range 230 t o 600 mi of
a 0.001$ w/v s o l u t i o n i n O . O l H n e t l i a n o l i c hydro-
c h l o r i c a c i d e x h i b i t s two r u a x h i , at 283 nri~and1
4f37 nr11.~9 The absorbance a t 283 n m i s about 1.30
and at
Q,
u
C
0
n
L
0
In
n
a
Figure 2 -
U l t r a v i o l c t a b s o r p t i o n s2ectruio
of clofazimine
C l o f a z i m i n e exhibits no o p t i c a l a c t i v i t y .
96 VIJAY K. KAPOOR
C l o f a z i m i n e i s p r a c t i c a l L y insoluble in
w a t e r ; s o l t l b l e 1 i n 7 C O of e t l i r r n o l , 1 j.11 15 of
ciiloroforxi, and 1 i n lCUU o f e t J i e r ; s o l t l b l e in
~ ~ ~ , i i ~and
d i l u t c a c e t i c CiC$d, d i ' i i e t ~ L ~ l € [ ~ r ~ . ,clioxane e,
:nacro:ol !$w.'7'- ,3' Ai c l e a r t r a n s p a r e n t lcmtcr
iiiisc i b l c L i c p i d p3iar:.mc m it i c a l voi Licle for c l o f azimine
c o n t n i n s 1)bironi.c i?- 127.3 '
CLOFAZIMINE 91
-
Table 1 l i t o c i i c Positional P a r a r n e t e r s for
Xonoc l f r r i c C 1ofaziiliine
Atom X Y Z
el 18
c,
Qg
1?,4
N
Ii
ia 0.1743
C 0.14'71
C 0.1628
C 0.'2253
C 0.2651
C 0.3195
C 0.3069
C 0.2496
C 0.2055
C 0.2177
C 0.2761
r= cJ.2~00
C 0 . 1876
C 0.1145
c U.Ut319
c 0.0249
C o.oou3
C 0.0318
C 0. of396
C 0.2874
C 0 3379
C 0.3S77
C 0.3860
C 0 3365
C 0.21372
C 0.0677
C 0.0592
C 0.03'77
98 VIJAY K. KAFQOR
Atom X Y
1.2055 6)
1.1903
1.29~3[16/
19 14)
0.0167(131
0.2202 0.4633
0.478511;/
1
C 121 .8 121.9 5
C
N
N
C
117.0
128.8 2
114.1
120.0
tj
2
115.9
128.1
116.0
119.7
5
4
5
5
ij
N 113.4 111.2 4
N 126.6 129.1 5
C 122.7 2 122.7 4
C 118.3 2 118.2 4
C
'?I
122.2 122.4 6
C 119.4 118.8 6
C 120.1 3 121.7 6
C 120.9 117.5 5
C 121.5 2 121.3 5
C 119.1 2) 119.8 5
C 119.4 2 118.9 5
N 122.8 2 121.3 6
N 117.6 2 117.4 5
C 119.6 2 121.3 6
C 117.a 2 118.2 6
C 122.6 2 123.2 5
N 119.6 2 118.5 6
N 118.9 2 11a.0 5
N 123.8 2 123.a 5
C 117.3 2 118.2 5
C 120.6 2 121.5 5
C 115.6 2 114.1 5
C 123.8 2 122.4 5
N 109,8 2
N 107.1 2
N
N
N
N
C
C
C
C
C
CLOFAZIMINE 101
dl view o r t h c c l o f n z i t i i n c n o l c c c l c i n t h e iitorioclinic
c r y s t a l s i s shown in F’ig-lre 5 ; tlrc rrioleculc i n t h e
t r i c l i n i c c r y s t a l s i s s i r . i i 3 ar t o this, w i t h the
exception o f t h e disorder o f t h e i s o p r o p y l gx-0112.
As can be s e e n i l l tlLc f i g i w e , the p-cliloropl-zeql
r i i i g at X ( 1 O ) i s approxixilately perpendicular t o tl:c
diliydropIienazirie p l a n e , tlLe t o r s i o n awles Ti
d c f i n e d by C( 1 4 ) - ~ ( l O ) - C ( 1 5 )-C ( 16) being - 3 ? 3 . 8 ( 3 ) 0
and 88.6( 9 ) 111 rionoclinic c i o f a z i n i n c and t r i c l i n i c
c l o f a r i n i n e , respec t i v o l y . T l i i s approximate
C8
c7
I n an c a r l i e r s t n r c t u r a l study34 c a r r i e d
o n clof'aziminc d i n e t i i y l f orcixiide t h e d a t a i s :
t r i c l i i i i c , sp5ce group rlT, w i 5 h -
11, 2 = lO.G24(4)A, o( = 1 1 1 . 7 4 3 ) 0 , t
a = 12.1135 4 ) ~ ,
4. Syntliesis
Cl
1 2 3 4
CI
Q
I
aN"
+ NHZ
5 ~~otozirninr
Schcrne I - S y n t h e s i s o f Clofaziniirie
5. Stability
6.1 Pharmacokinetics
of clol'azimine. Six v o l u n t e e r s r e c e i v e d a s i n g l e
dose o f 200 m g t o g e t h e r w i t h food. A 200-1ng dose
was ad min iste re d i n three v o l u n t c e r s e i t h e r w i t h . or
without f o o d . I n multiple-dosc experiments, t h r e e
v o l u n t e e r s were r e p e a t e d l y dosed w i t h 50 r n g p e r day
t o g e t h e r w it h f o o d f o r e i g h t days. Following a
s i n g l e o r a l dose of 200 mg, the mean peak plasma.
c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f clofaziraine was 861 pmol/g a f t e r
8 hours. The mean t e r m i n a l h a l f - l i f e w a s 10.6 days.
Comparison o f the b i o a v a i l a b i l i t y o f clofazimine
ad min ister ed with or without food r e v e a l o d a 60.i;;
h i g h e r mean area under the curve ( N C ) and 3056 l u g h e r
m e a n m,wimtlm c o n c e n t r a t i o n ( C r n a x ) value w i t h fosd.
The medium of t i n e s t o peak (Tinax) was 8 hours with
food and 12 hours without food. I n m u l t i p l e dose
sclidy, good agreement was found between t h e meat
experimental p l a s m a c o n c e n t r a t i o n v a l u e s and t h e
p l a s m a c o n c e n t r a t i o n p r o f i l e p r e d i c t e d from t h e
si n g le- d o se plmrmacokinotics. The e l i m i n a t i o n h a l f -
l i f e c a l c u l a t e d from the te rmina l pkiase o f the
i n d i v i d u a l p r o f i l e s a f t e r the l a s t dose was 8.8 days.
The h a l f - l i f e obta ine d from t h e f i t t e d mean m u l t i p l e
dose p r o f i l e w a s 10.5 days. The s l o w e l i m i n a t i o n o f
clofaziiiine I n s i t s implications f o r the treatment
regimen In p a t i e n t s . To avoid t h e long lasting
accumulation toward t h e s te a dy state, h i g h e r d a i l y
l o ad in g doses a r e recoininended a t t h e beginning o f
t h e therapy rollowed by a d a i l y maintenance dose.
I n ;1 study done on a h e a l t h y vol u n t e e r plasma
clofazirnine l e v e l s f o l l o w i n p ; s i n g l e o r a l doses o f
200 t x g and 400 mg of the drug have bee determined
n s i n g d en sitome tric inethod (Figur e 4 ) . 34 ii peal<
clofazimin e c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 70 ng/g w a s reached
e i g h t hours a f t e r a d r i i n i s t r a t i o n o f 200 mg o f
c l o f a z i n i n e , and one o f 162 n g / g f o u r hours a f t e r
the 400-mg dose. Pharrnacokinetics o f c l o f a z i m i n e
i n p a t i e n t s has a l s o been studied.55
200
m
\
0
C
-
H
Y
150
-
Y
100
E,
50
Figure 4 -
P l a s m a l e v e l s o f c l o f a z i m i n c iii
a Iiealthy v o l u n t e e r following s i I q l e o r a l
doses o f 200 n~ (A-• ) and 400 n i g (.----*)
of clofazimine af t o r on o v e r n i g h t f a s t .
;.;etabollsrn o f clofaziLlirle i n l e p r o s y
CLOFAZIMINE 107
CI Cl
C l o t azi mine
I
CI
Hydro1y t ic
dehalogenotion
1 Glucurcnidation
Q
CI
Metabolite I Metabolite I1
Figure 5 -
Proposed pathways of t h e
metabolite I and I1 formation in 1lu:nan.
3 - ( ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ c o p y r a n o s i d u r oacid)-lO-(p-
nic
chlorophenyl) -2,lO-dihydro-2-isopropylii~inopliemzine
(metabolite IX), and 3 - ( ~ - c h Z o r o a n i l i n o ) - 1 0 - ( p
chloropfienyl)-4,lO-dihydro-4 (D-D-glucopyrano-
siduroiiic acid)-2-isopropylir~iiiopllenazinc
( n c t a b o l i t e 111). It is suggested that t a e t a b o l i t e I
108 VIJAY K . KAPOOR
CI CI
CI
Metabolite 111
Tlierc a r c s e v e r a l r e p o r t s o c various
b i o c h e u i c a l e fP c c ts6 8 -8 1 o r c ! o f 3 7 i r i i ~ i e . ::ffect o f
c l o f a z i i . x h o o n tlic L1etabolisiii o f t h c o bher anti-
lcprotlc drug depsone lias a l s o bceii rcported. i32
CLOFAZIMLNE 109
8. Toxicity
9. Methods of Analysis
C 68.50
13 4.68
c1 14.98
N 11.83
3.2 I d e n t i f i c a t i o n C o l o r Tests
A n i n t e n s e v i o l e t c o l o r i s produced tvlien
U.l ml of hydrocliloric a c i d i s added t o a s o l u t i o n
of 2 LIE o f clofazimine i n 3 1.11 of acetone. The
c o l o r c h a w e s t o orange-red o n a d d i t i o n o f 0.5 ml
of 52 sodiun hydroxide. 29 hp;>lication o f sn1rmA.c
a c i d d i r e c t l y t o the S E L J Al e o f clofaziz1iile a l s o
produces a v i o l e t color.$7 u n a d d i t i o n of a d r o p
of :;andelin's r e a g e n t , whic!l can b e prepared by
d i s s o l v i n g 0.5 g o f armonium vanadate ic 1.5 m l
o f water arid d i l u t i n g t o 100 1x1 w i t h s u l f a r i c a c i d
rollowed by f i l t r a t i o n tllrough g l a s s wool, c l o f a -
z i z i n e gives il yellow brown c o l 0 r . ~ 7 With Xarquis
reagent ( 1 volurae o f forrmldehyde s o l u t i o n and 9
volumes o f sn1f-ari.c a c i d ) c l o f a z i a i n e g i v e s a
v i o l e t c o l o r . 27
9.3 T i t r i i n e t r i c Analysis
has been d e s c r i b e d
CLOFAZIMINE 111
9.51 Colorimetric
9.52 Densitometric
Ultraviolet spectrophotometry
coupled with high performance liquid chromatography
has been employed for deterruination of clofazimine
in serum.55990 The U V spectroph6tometry has also
been used in the characterization of the metabolites
of clofazimine.66,67
--
Dill et ala91 have reported a
fluorometric method for analyzing clofazimine using
titanous chloride and sulfuric acid. The method
has been used by Levy20 to determine Blofdaimine
i n plasma samples. Flourescence was measured at
365 nm activation, 480 nm emission. Banerjee
--
et a1.21 have also used fluorometry to determine
clofazimine in urine and tissue homogenates.
D e t e c t i o n of s p o t of c l o f a z i m i n e on t h e
has been a r r i e d o u t by a c i d i f i e d i o d o p l u t i n a t e
s o l u t i o n Z q or v i s u a l i z a t i o n by c o l o r and U V
a b s o r p t i o n . 66
9.73 Gas
---.-... Chromatograp&
. -.
-
10. References
,
22. P. S e n s i and G . G i a l d r o n i - G r a s s i in Burger I’ s
X e d i c i n a l Chemistry,Fourth Edn. P a r t 11,
E1.E. Wolff, S d . , Jolm Wiley & Sons, H e w Yorlr,
1979, P - 3 0 d *
23. G.L. Mandell and 14.X. Sancle, i i i G o o d m a n and
Gilrnan’s The Pharmacological B a s i s of
T h e r a p e u t i c s , Seventh Edn., A. Goodinan GiLman,
L.S. Goodman, T.W. R a l l and F. Murad, Eds.,
Kacmillan P u b l i s h i n g Go., New York, 1985,~.11213.
116 VIJM K. KAPOOR
4768 (1984).
33. N.E. Fiorrison d i d G.U. Piarley, Int. J . Lepr.
Other Mycobact. D i s . , 4 4 , 475 (1976).
34. D . S . Eggleston, W.E. p.IarsI1, D.J. Hodgson, Acta
Crystallogr., S e c t . C, gsgr 288 (1984).
35. V.C. Boriy, J . G . Belton, E.I.L. Conalty and
D. Twomey, Nature, 162,
-- 62% (1948).
~
38
33.
4u.
41.
42.
43.
44 9
'45.
4('.
14-7.
48.
49
50
31.
-,
> 2 c .
33.
55
56.
57.
58.
Go.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65
66.
67.
68.
69.
70
CLOFAZIMINE 119
71 K. L a v r i j s e n , P. L a v r i j s e n and 12. L o n t i o ,
Biochem. Pharmacol., --- 2 6 , 1345 (1977).
3324t ( 1388)
120 VUAY K. KAPOOR
(1988).
University of Utrecht
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
1. History
2. Description
2.1. Nomenclature, Formula, and Molecular Weight
2.2. Appearance, Odour, and Colour
3. Synthesis
4. Physical Properties
4.1. Ultraviolet Spectrum
4.2. Infrared Spectrum
4.3. Fluorescence Emission Spectrum
4.4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum
4.5. Mass Spectrum
4.6. Melting Range
4.7. Differential Scanning Calorimetry
4.8. Optical Rotation
4.9. Dissociation Constant
4.10. Electrochemistry
5. Methods of Analysis
5.1. Thin Layer Chromatography
5.2. High Performance Liquid Chromatography
7. Pharmacology
7.1. Mechanism of Action
7.2. Pharmacokinetics
7.3. Clinical Activity
7.4. Clinical Toxicity
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122 JOOST J.M. HOLTHUIS ETAL..
9. References
ETOPOSIDE 123
1. HISTORY
2. DESCRIPTION
OH
3 . SYNTHESIS OF ETOPOSIDE
4. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
1 I I I I I I I I I I
4000 3600 3200 2800 2400 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 650
cm-'
Figure 2. The infrared spectrum of etoposide.
128 JOOST J.M. HOLTHUIS ETAL.
I I I
300 350 400 nm
c H 3 Y - 0 OH
OH g' 0
CHaO @3'\4'
OH
OCHI
I I I I I I
nl
I
I I I I I I
5.00 4.80 4.60 4.40 4.20 4.00 3.80 3.60 3.40 3.20 3.00 i2.80
Table I. H
' NMR assignments for etoposide in deuterochloro-
form.
111 I
I I I I I I I 1 I I
180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
4 . 5 . Mass Spectrum
+.
OH
m e 154 ( c )
H,CO 0 OH
OCH,
i w e 246 ( d )
m,e 400 ( a )
100-
% ,
50-
We
Figure 6. The EI mass spectrum of etoposide.
4.10. Electrochemistry
-15 -
-10 -
PA
-5 -
0-
+5 -
+I0 -
+I5 -
I
1 I I I I I
+0.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 0 -0.2
V
+ 2e + H’
H3C0 OCH, H3CO OCH,
OH
Q,
R
OCHj +e
H3C0 OCH, H3C0
0.
H$O 4 0. OCH,
+ CH30H
H,CO 0
0
H3CO OH
0 OH
5. METHODS OF ANALYSIS
butanol-glacial etoposide ? 12
acetic acid-
water (3:l:l)
cellulose 'I
II
etoposide ? 12
ETOPOSIDE 139
R
I
0 OH OH
V 111 I"
7. PHARMACOLOGY
7.2. Pharmacokinetics
7 . 3 . Clinical Activity
*
ECD = electrochemical detection
ETOPOSIDE 147
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES
BY
Contents
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
1 . 1 . 1 Chemical Names
1 . 1 . 2 Generic Names
1 . 2 Formulae
1 . 2 . 1 Empirical
1 . 2 . 2 Structural
1 . 2 . 3 CAS Registry Number
1 . 3 Molecular Weight
1 . 4 Elemental Composition
1 . 5 Appearance, Color, Odor and Taste
2. Physical Properties
3. Synthesis
3.1 Route 1
3.2 Route 2
3.3 Route 3
3.4 Route 4
3.5 Route 5
3.6 Route 6
3.7 Route 7
3.8 Route 8
3.9 Route 9
3.10 Route 10
3.11 Route 11
5. Methods of Analysis
5.1 Elemental Analysis
5.2 Identification Tests
5.3 Titrimetric Methods
5 . 4 Spectrophotometric Methods
5.4.1 Ultraviolet
5.4.2 Colorimetric Methods
5.4.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
5.7 Chromatographic Methods
5.5.1 Column Chromatography
5.5.2 Gas Liquid Chromatography
5 . 5 . 3 Thin-Layer Chromatography
5.5.4 High Performance Liquid Chromatography
6. Acknowledgements
7, References
156 ABDULRAHMAN M. AL-OBAID ETAL.
Furosemide
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
a) 5-(Aminosulfonyl)-4-chloro-2-[(2-
furanyl-methy1)amino)benzoic acid. ( 1 )
b) 4-Chloro-N-furfuryl-5-sulfamoyl-
anthranilic acid. ( 2 ) .
c) 4-Cliloro-N-(2-Furylmethyl-5-
sulfamoylanthranilic acid. (3).
d) 4-Chloro-2-furfurylamino-5-
sulphamoyl benzoic acid. (4).
1.2 Formulae
Ciz H I 1 C l N 2 0 5 S
1.2.2 Structural
COOH
NH,SO, @NH-cH20
CI
157
FWROSEMIDE
CizHiiClNz05S = 3 3 0 . 7 7
C, 4 3 . 5 7 % H , 3 . 3 5 % , C1 1 0 . 7 2 % N , 8 . 4 7 % , 0 , 24.19%,
S, 9.70%.
2. Physical Properties
M.p. : 206oC
2.2 Solubility
2.3 @ (4)
2.4 Stablity
Intramolecular
N(Z)-H,, ,,0(2) I I 2,11 2-3 101 x,y,e
Intramolecular
N(l)-H(l),, . 0 ( 3 ) 3,OO 1.9 163 -x, -1-y, I-e
Table 3
Table 4
3350-3400 NH C-NH
582 Ci c - Cl
.
2 00 300 400 nm
2.6.3 N u c l e a r Magnetic e e s o n a n c e S p e c t r a
2.6.3.1 P r o t o n Spectrum ( 7 b )
The PMR s p e c t r u m of f u r o s e m i d e i n
DMSO-d6 ( F i g . 4 ) was r e c o r d e d on a Varian (FT 80 A ) .
NMR s p e c t r o p h o t o m e t e r u s i n g TMS as i n t e r n a l s t a n d a r d .
The PMR s p e c t r u m of f u r o s e m i d e is u n i q u e i n a way t h a t
a l l peaks a p p e a r as s h a r p s i n g l e t s . Chemical s h i f t s
are shown i n T a b l e 5 .
-CH2 4.5
H3 and H4 o f t h e 6.41
furan ring.
H2 of t h e furan r i n g 7.24
251 20
96 14 --NHCH2$07
81 100
64 38
53 22 -
48 15 - so
169
FUROSEMIDE
3. Synthesis
Furosemide can be s y n t h e s i z e d by d i f f e r e n t r o u t e s :
Route 1
The f u r o s e m i d e 2-furfurylamino-4-chloro-sulfamoylben-
z o i c a c i d was p r e p a r e d by treating 2-(p-tolyl-
sulfonyloxy)-4-chloro-5-sulfamoylbenzoate e s t e r with
f u r f u r y l a m i n e and s u b s e q u e n t h y d r o l y s i s of t h e e s t e r
(8) *
+ 5-sulfamoylbenzoate e s t e r
Furfurylamine
NH2CH2
heated for
1 h r a t 120'
0
1 DMF
COOCH,
1%hour a t
l0O0C
I NaOH
COOH
Furosemide
170 ABDULRAHMAN M. AL-OBAID ETAL.
Route 2
COOH
I
2,4-Dichloro-5-sulfamoyl
benzoic acid
1 10% HC1 Furfurylamine
COOH
Furosemide
Route 3
mc'c,d
chlorofurfuryl-5-sulfarnoylanthranilic acid (10).
CI
NH2S02 COOH +
I
CHNH,
2
I
3-Sulfamyl-4,6-dichloro benzoic MeONa
acid V
Furfuryl amin e
Furosemide
Route 4 (11)
Acid h y d r o l y s i s of c h l o r o t h i a z i d e and f u r f u r y l a l c o h o l .
172 ABDULRAHMAN M. AL-OBAID ETAL.
Route 5 ( 1 2 )
COOH
Raney cui
in Me0 (CH2) *0Me
a t 14OoC
FUROSEMIDE 173
Route 6 (13)
Route 7 (14)
CH2OH
COOMe
Refluxing f o r
2 hrs.
COOH
Furosemide
174 ABDULRAHMAN M. AL-OBAID E T A L
Route 8 (15)
2 hrs
-c Reflux in 2N NaOH + Dioxane
C'aNHC
NH2S02 COOH
Furosemide
FUROSEMIDE 175
Route 9 (16)
COOH
c'mNHcHz-
NH2SO2 COOH
Furosemide
176 ABDULRAHMAN M . AL-OBAID E T U .
Route 10 ( 1 7 )
3-Sulfamyl-4,6-dichloro F u r f u r y l amine
benzoate e s t e r
100°C s t i r r i n g f o r 1 hour
COOCH,
110-200c
COOH
Furosemide
FUROSEMIDE 177
Route 11
bath COOH
3-acetylsulfamoyl-
3-Sulfamoyl-4-chloro-6-amino
C=O 4-chloro-6-acetyl
benzoic acid.
I amino benzoic acid
CH3 4NaOH
stirring at I
c
Fur f u r a 1 C=O 3-acetyl sulfomyl-
75OC f o r 3
hr .
I 4-chloro-6-amino-
CH, benzoic acid.
COOH
3-acetylsulfamyl-4-chloro-6-furfuryl amino
NH benzoic acid
I
COCH,
in 2N NaOH reflux f o r 2 hrs
NH,S 0 , COOH
Furosemide
178 ABDULRAHMAN M.AL-OBAID E T A L
5. Methods of Analysis
CizHiiClNz05S = 330.77
Element % Theoretical
C 43.57%
H 3.35%
c1 10.72%
N 8.47%
0 24.19%
S 9.70%
5.4.1 Ultraviolet
6. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Mr. Essam A. Loutfi,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of
Pharmacy, King Saud University for his technical
assistance and Mr. Tanvir A. Butt f o r typing the
manuscript .
Table 7 : HPLC methods for the analysis of frusemide.
Bondapak Cia 0.02 M KC1-HCl 0.9 ml/min UV at 280 The column was 29
corasi1 buffer pH 2 con- operated at
(1.8 X 2 mm) taining 24% and 25 "c.
26% acetonitrile
for urine and
plasma samples
respectively.
Acetonitrile- Fluorimetry at 37
0.5% H3P04 289 nm
(3:5)
7. References
1. "The Merck Index", 9th ed. Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway,
N.J., U.S.A. 1976.
23. Dessouky,k Y.M. and Gad el Rub C.N. Pharm. kleekb) Sci,
Ed. 1980, 2 (4), 1128-1130.
A1 Dh. Muhammad U p p d Z u b h
&Ad&%& PhVdUiioh,
Ce&u son. UVLivehiiLty Women SZudevLtn, King Saud
UnLveMLty, Riyadh, Saudi A h a b h .
81 Mahummad S d e e m Mian
AnnAinltan2 R u m c h e h ,
OepcvrRmed 06 Phmmace.u;ticd ChemhZhy, College 05
P h m a c y , King Saud U n i v e ~ L t y , Riyadh, Saudi Ahabia.
Cl Neelo&u~AbdLLe A z i z Mian
Bio c hemdk,
Childhen Mateh/ruzi.ty H a i i p i $ d , Riyadh, S a u d i A h a b i a .
1. D e s c r i p t i o n
1.1. Nomenclature
1.1.1. Chemical Names
1 . 1 . 2 . Generic Names
1 . 2 . Formulae
1 . 2 . 1 . Empirical
1.2.2. Structural
1 . 2 . 3 . Cas R e g i s t r y Number
1 . 3 . Molecular Weight
1 . 4 . Elemental Composition
1 . 5 . Appearance, C o l o r , Odor and T a s t e
2. Physical Properties
3. S y n t h e s i s
4 . Metabolism
5. S t e r e o c h e m i s t r y
6. Thermal A n a l y s i s
7. Methods of A n a l y s i s
7 . 1 . Nalorphine Hydrobromide
7.1.1. Identification
7 . 1 . 2 . T i t r i m e t r i c Method
7 . 2 . Nalorphine Hydrochloride
7.2.1. Colorimetric
7.2.2. Spectrophotometric
7 . 2 . 3 . Thin-Layer Chromatography
NALORPHINE HYDROBROMIDE 197
1. Description
1.1. Nomenclature
(c) 7,8-Didehydro-4,5a-epoxy-17-(2-propenyl)morphi-
nan-3,h-diol hydrobromide (3).
(d) 17-Allyl-7,8-didehydro-4,5a-epoxporphinan-3,6a
hydrobromide (3).
1.2. Formulae
1.2.1. Empirical
198 MUHAMMAD UPPAL ZUBALR ETAL.
1 . 2 . 3 . CAS R e g i s t r y
C1gH21N03HBr = 392.3 ( 2 ) .
1 . 4 . Elemental Composition
An o d o r l e s s , w h i t e t o creamy w h i t e c r y s t a l l i n e powder ( 2 ) .
2 . Physical Properties
2 . 1 . Melting Range
2.2. S o l u b i l i t y
I t i s s o l u b l e i n 24 p a r t s o f water and i n 35 p a r t s o f
95% e t h a n o l ( 1 ) . Aqueous s o l u t i o n s may d e p o s i t c r y s t a l s
o f t h e d i h y d r a t e . The h y d r a t e d form is r e a d i l y s o l u b l e
i n dehydrated e t h a n o l , and t h e s o l u t i o n s r a p i d l y g i v e
r i s e t o a d e p o s i t o f t h e anhydrous form ( 1 ) .
They a l s o measured ( 5 ) i n t e n s i t i e s o f r e f l e c t i o n s on a
Nonius-CAD-4 d i f f r a c t o m e t e r w i t h g r a p h i t e monochromated
copper Ka r a d i a t i o n and a 8-29 s c a n .
NALORPHINE HYDROBROMIDE 199
X
- X 2
- B(X2)
Angle Angle
S o l i d s t a t e c o n f o r m a t i o n o f n a l o r p h i n e hydrobroml; d e ,
morphine and n a l o x o n e h a s a l s o been compared by measuring
t h e i r t o r s i o n a n g l e s ( 5 ) . An O r t e p s t e r e o p a i r i s a l s o
shown i n F i g . 11. ( 5 ) .
F i g u r e 11: O r t e p s t e r e o p a i r o f n a l o r p h i n e H B r
While l i n k a g e o f n a l o r p h i n e m o l e c u l e s by hydrogen bond
between B r , 0 and N atoms, a l o n g w i t h t h e i r v a l v e s are
g i v e n i n T a b l e 111. (5)
202 MUHAMMAD UPPAL ZUBAIR E T A L .
F i g u r e 111. P r o j e c t i o n i n t h e (001) p l a n e of n a l o r p h i n e H B r
s t r u c t u r e showing t h e packing and t h e hydrogen-
bond scheme. Large, medium and small c i r c l e s
r e p r e s e n t B r , 0 and N atoms r e s p e c t i v e l y ( 5 ) .
2 . 4 . 1 . U l t r a v i o l e t Spectrum
I ,L,
223.4 2 85 300
2.4.2. I n f r a r e d Suectrum
2 . 4 . 3 . I. 'H-NMR spectrum
Chemical s h i f t ( 6 ) ppm
c- 1 121.0 118.5
c- 3 138.1 138.5
C- 15 32.4 35.4
3. S y n t h e s i s
Scheme I (11,12)
Normorphine h a s been r e p o r t e d t o r e a c t r e a d i l y w i t h a l l y 1
bromide i n chloroform a t 110OC. I t s s t r u c t u r e was con-
firmed by c o n v e r t i n g it i n t o N - a l l y 1 n o r c o d e i n , according
t o Rodionov's method.
= CH2Br
Normorphi.n e
HO
CHC 1
llO°C
Nalorphine HBr
Scheme I 1 (13-16)
Scheme I1
Acetic
anhydride
0 0
Morphine 3 Diacetyl
Morphine
Ally1 bro-
mide
NALORPHINE HYDROBROMIDE 21 1
Scheme I11
HO
0
W,N-CH
u
3
5 Equav.
Vinyl c h l o r o formate
(VOCC1)
--z-
voc
18”-
voco
0
-voc
Morphine Anhydrous H B r
i n ethanol-
ether
-H
HCl l0O0C
1.7 N
CH2.HBr
HBr
212 MUHAMMAD UPPAL ZUBAIR E T A L .
Scheme IV
J(
voco
N-CH2-CH = CK2.HBr
0-0-di-voc-normorphine
hydrobromide
HO
Nalorphine H B r
NALORPHINE HYDROBROMIDE 213
4. Metabolism
5. Stereochemistry
6 . Thermal A n a l y s i s (DSC)
7 . Methods of Analysis
7.1.1. Identification
a) A 0 . 0 1 p e r c e n t w/v s o l u t i o n o f n a l o r p h i n e hydro-
bromide i n a 2-cm wide c e l l absorbs l i g h t from 230 t o
350 nm and e x h i b i t s a maximum a t 285 nm; and i t s
extinction a t 285 nm i s about 0.78 ( 1 ) .
b) A 0 . 0 1 p e r c e n t w/v s o l u t i o n , i n a 0 . 1 N sodium
hydroxide s o l u t i o n , i n 2-cm l a y e r c e l l e x h i b i t s a
maximum a t 298 nm and e x t i n c t i o n a t 298 nm is about
1 . 2 (1).
d) Addition o f a drop o f f e r r i c c h l o r i d e s o l u t i o n
t o 5 m l o f a 3 p e r c e n t w/v s o l u t i o n o f n a l o r p h i n e
hydrobromide g i v e s r i s e t o b l u e c o l o r ( 1 ) .
0.5 g of n a l o r p h i n e hydrobromide i s d i s s o l v e d i n
15 m l o f water and 5 m l o f d i l u t e ammonia s o l u t i o n
i s added. Nalorphine i s completely e x t r a c t e d i n t o a
mixture o f t h r e e volumes o f chloroform and one
volume o f i s o p r o p y l a l c o h o l , washing each e x t r a c t
with t h e same 10 m l o f w a t e r . The e x t r a c t s a r e
combined and t h e s o l v e n t is removed by e v a p o r a t i o n .
5 m l o f 95% a l c o h o l p r e v i o u s l y n e u t r a l i s e d t o methyl
r e d s o l u t i o n i s added t o t h e r e s i d u e , and i s l a t e r
removed by e v a p o r a t i o n , and t h e p r o c e s s i s r e p e a t e d .
Then d i s s o l v e t h e r e s i d u e i n 1 m l o f t h e n e u t r a l i s e d
95% e t h a n o l and a g a i n e v a p o r a t e . Dissolve t h e
r e s i d u e i n 1 m l o f n e u t r a l i s e d 95%. Alcohol, and
20 m l of 0.1-N h y d r o c h l o r i c a c i d and 10 m l o f water
and t h e mixture i s t i t r a t e d with 0 . 1 N sodium
hydroxide s o l u t i o n , u s i n g methyl r e d s o l u t i o n a s
i n d i c a t o r . Each m l o f 0.1-N h y d r o c h l o r i c a c i d is
e q u i v a l e n t t o 003923 g o f C1gH21N03, H B r .
NALORPHINE HYDROBROMIDE 217
7 . 2 . Nalorphine Hydrochloride
7.2.1. Colorimetric
S o l i d n a l o r p h i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e o r a volume o f
i n j e c t i o n e q u i v a l e n t t o 0.010 g o f n a l o r p h i n e hydro-
c h l o r i d e i s d i l u t e d w i t h 0 . 1 I4 h y d r o c h l o r i c a c i d t o
100 m l . To 15.00 m l o f t h i s s o l u t i o n , a r e added
10 m l o f 0.1-M sodium n i t r i t e , and a f t e r 1 0 minutes
5 . 0 m l of 5-M ammonia s o l u t i o n i s added and i t s
volume is made up t o 50 m l w i t h w a t e r . A s t a n d a r d
s o l u t i o n c o n t a i n i n g 10 mg of n a l o r p h i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e ,
and a b l a n k s o l u t i o n , i s s i m i l a r l y p r e p a r e d a s d e s -
c r i b e d above. The absorbance is measured a t 440 nm,
and t h e s t r e n g t h o f t h e unknown s o l u t i o n c a l c u l a t e d .
7.2.2. Spectrophotometric
Nalorphine h y d r o c h l o r i d e as s o l i d o r a s an i n j e c t i o n
can be determined s p e c t r o p h o t o m e t r i c a l l y (26). About
25 mg o f n a l o r p h i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e i s a c c u r a t e l y
weighed and t r a n s f e r r e d t o a 250 m l f l a s k . I t i s
d i s s o l v e d i n w a t e r and made up t o volume. I t s
absorbance a t 285 nm i s measured and compared w i t h a
s t a n d a r d sample s o l u t i o n .
7 . 2 . 3 . Thin-Layer Chromatography
T h i n - l a y e r chromatography h a s been a p p l i e d f o r t h e
d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f n a l o r p h i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e (27).
50 g o f it were a p p l i e d t o a s i l i c a g e l G F254 t h i n
l a y e r p l a t e and e l u t e d i n a m i x t u r e o f , e t h a n o l -
dioxane-benzene-ammonia s o l u t i o n 25% (4 :8 :7 :1 ) . The
s p o t s were d e t e c t e d i n U . V . l i g h t (254 nm) and a l s o
by s p r a y i n g with Dragendorff r e a g e n t .
218 MUHAMMAD UPPAL ZUBAIR ET AL..
References
27. A . K j a e r v i g K a i s t e n s e n , Dansk T i d s s k r . F a r m . , -
43, 220-
224 (1969).
NIFEDIPINE
NIFEDIPIWE
SYED LAIK ALI
1. History
2. Nomenclature
3. Description
3.1 Name, Formula, Molecular weight
3.2 Appearance, Colour, Odour
4. Synthesis
5. Physical Properties
5.1 Solubility
5.2 Loss on Drying
5.3 Melting Point
5.4 Sulfates
5.5 Chlorides
5.6 Sulphated Ash, Residue on Ignition
5.7 Heavy Metals
5.8 Dissociation Constant
5.9 Distribution Coeeficient
5.10 Light Sensitivity
5.11 Sensitivity to Temperature
5.12 Related Compounds
5.13 Impurities Titrable with Perchloric Acid
5.14 Crystal Structure
5.15 Ultraviolet Spectrum
5.16 Infrared Spectrum
5.17 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum
5.18 13C-NMR-Spectrum
6. Colour and Identification Reactions
7. Stabilitv and Deqradation
NIFEDIPINE 223
8. Methods o f Analysis
8.1 Ti trimetry
8.2 Polarography
8.3 UV Spectrophotometry
8.4 Fluorimetry
8.5 Chromatographic Methods
8.5.1 Thin Layer Chromatography
8.5.2 Gas L i q u i d Chromatography
8.5.3 High Performance Liquid Chromatography
8.5.4 Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
9. Radioactive Measurements of C-14 Label led Nifedipine
in Bodv Fluids
10. In vitro Dissolution
12. Acknowledqements
13. References
224 SYED LAIK ALI
N i f edi pine
1. History
2. Nomenclature
lI4-Dihydro-2, 6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-pyridin-3,5-di-
carboxylic acid-dimethyl ester; Dimethyl lI4-dihydro-2,6-
'
Fig. 1
Nifedipine S t r u c t u r a l Formula
226 SYED LAIK ALI
3 . Description
4. Synthesis
Fig. 2 (6 1
Nifedipine Snthesis Scheme
NIFEDIPINE 229
5. Physical Properties
171-175°C
Maximum 10 ppm
than 0.2 %
5 . 1 6 Infrared Spectrum
O!
0.
0.:
0.f
I
E lcm
I
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
Fig.3 ( 1 4 )
- Methanol
-- 0.1 N - HC1
--- 0.1 N - NaOH
UV S p e c t r a o f N i f e d i p i n e i n d i f f e r e n t S o l v e n t s
r-
0
L
236 SYED LAIK ALI
3331 NH stretching
vibrations
3102 CH-aromatic
2931, 2842 CH-a1 iphatic
1689 C=O ester
1679
1625 -C=C-aromatic
1574
1530
1433
1380 -C-CH3
1227
1121 -C-0-ester
Nifedipine
P
6
3 1 ti
H3COOC
i'
4
3
12
I
S t r u c t u r a l A s s i g n m e n t o f NMR - Signals
Fig. 5
. r 1
ul
c
E
0
k
+
V
al
Q
v)
k
a,
Y
3
k
m
NIFEDIPINE 239
5.18 13C-NMR-Spectrum
100
Fig.9
Mass Spectrum o f N i f e d i p i n e ,
spectrotest (xenon
lamp) 700-372 nm 0.198 3.5 0.5
spectrotest (xenon
lamp) 700-417 nm 0.040 17 2.5
Decomposition o f N i f e d i p i n e , d i s s o l v e d i n a b s o l u t e e t h a n o l , i n R e l a t i o n t o t h e
L i g h t Source
M d i f f u s e d a y l i g h t November
-light b u l b 40 Watt, 1 1 cm d i s t a n c e
250 SYED LAIK ALI
8. Methods o f Analysis
8.1 Titrimetry
8.2 Polaroqraphy
8.4 Fluorimetrv
length was set at 320 nm. The calibration curve was linear
between 180-1800 ng/ml (43).
10. In Vitro-Dissolution
COOC COOCH,
Ii3C
I
H
Nifedipine
(only i n plasma)
M e t a b o l i t e 111 Loctonform
( i n plasma and u r i n e ) ( i n p l a s m a and u r i n e )
Fig. 13 (39)
Metabolism o f N i f e d i p i n e
NIFEDIPINE 273
12. Acknowledqement
References
37) L.J. Lesko, A.K. Miller, R.L. Yeager and D.C. Chat-
terji , J . Chromatogr. Sci. , 21 415 (1983)
49) R.J. Gould, K.M. Murphy and S.H. Snyder, Life Science
-
33 2665 (1983)
70) D.P. Reitberg, S.J. Love, G.T. Quercia and M.A. Zinny,
Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. , 42 72 (1987)
288 SYED LAIK ALI
Department of Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, King Saud U n i v e r s i t y ,
Riyadh, S a u d i A r a b i a .
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE
CONTENTS
1. Description
1.1 N o m e n c l a t u r e
1 . 2 Formulae
1 . 3 M o l e c u l a r Weight
1 . 4 Elemental Composition
1 . 6 L o s s on Drying
2. Physical Properties
2 . 1 M e l t i n g Range
2 . 2 E u t e c t i c Temperature
2.4 Solubility
2 . 5 D i s s o c i a t i o n Constant
2 . 7 X-Ray Powder D i f f r a c t i o n
2.8.1 UV S p e c t r u m
2.8.2 I R Spectrum
2 . 8 . 3 Nuclear M a g n e t i c i l e s o n a n c e S p e c t r a
2 . 8 . 4 Mass s p e c t r u m
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 29 1
3. Isolation of Physostigmine
8.4.2 UV Determination
8.4.3 Spectrofluorimetric
8.4.4 Phosphorescent Analysis
8.5 ihzymat ic Methods
8.6.4GLC
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
(3aS-cis)-l,2,3,3a,8,8a-Hexahydro-lJ3a,8-
trimethylpyrrolo [2,3-b] indol-5-01 methyl-
carbamate (ester).
Pyrrolo [2,3-b] indol-5-01,1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexa-
hydro-1,3a ,8- trimethy 1-methylcarbamate (ester) ,
3a S-cis.
(3aS ,8aR)-1 ,2,3,3a ,8,8a-hexahydro-l ,3a,8-tri-
methylpyrrolo [2,3-b] indol-5-yl methylcarbam-
ate salicylate.
1,2,3,3a,8,8a-Hexahydro-lJ3a,8-trimethy1pyrrolo-
[2,3-b] indol-5-01 methylcarbamate (ester) ,
monosalicylate.
Pyrrolo [2,3-b] indol-5-01, 1,2,3,3aJ8,8a
hexahydro-1,3a,8-trimethyl-methylcarbamate
(ester) : (3a S-cis) -, mono(2-hydroxybenzoate) .
1.2 Formulae
1.2.1 Empirical
C15H21N302 (Physostigmine)
1.2.2 Structural
[ 57-47-61 Physostigmine.
[57-64-71 Physostigmine salicylate.
[64-47-11 Physostigmine sulfate.
275.34 (Physostigmine)
413.46 (Physostigmine salicy 1at e)
648.77 (Physostigmine sulfate)
2. Physical Properties
2.4 Solubility
s o l u b l e i n e t h e r ( 1 4 ) ; 1 g i s s o l u b l e i n 75 m l w a t e r ,
16 m l a l c o h o l , 6 m l chloroform and about 250 m l e t h e r
(12,13).
One gram of physostigmine s u l f a t e i s s o l u b l e i n 4 m l
of w a t e r , 0 . 4 m l a l c o h o l and about 1200 m l e t h e r
(12,13).
2.5 D i s s o c i a t i o n Constant
T a b l e 1 : X-Ray D i f f r a c t i o n P a t t e r n of
Physostigmine S a l i c y l a t e
d = i n t e r p l a n n e r d i s t a n c e , 1/10 = r e l a t i v e i n t e n s i t y
(based on h i g h e s t i n t e n s i t y of 100).
298 FARID .I.MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
Xmax. nm 1OgE
- A(l%, lcm)
239 4.09 297
252 4.04 266
303 3.78 146
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 299
2 00 300 400
3310 NH stretch
2960 2935 CH stretch
0
I1
1745 -C-0-(aromatic ester)
1634 HN-C-
? (amide)
1595 C=C (aromatic)
1489,1465 CH bending vibrations
1089,1056,1030 C-N vibration
(a1iphatic)
755 Monosubstituted
aromatics
c
E,
-.
302 FARID J. MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
H 11
NH
I
CH,
0
Chemical S h i f t Assignment Mu 1t i p 1i c i t y
(PPm)
6.85 singlet
6.77 (aromatics) A-B p a i r o f d o u b l e t s
6.49 6H 66.43,6.81
7.52 7H (NH) q u a r t e t (D20
exchangeable)
2.73 8H (N-CH3) doub 1et (sharpened
i n t o s i n g l e t upon D20)
2.90 9H (N-CH3) singlet
1
Other H-NMR d a t a f o r physostigmine have been
reported (8,10,17).
120.28 (d) -
s = s i n g l e t ; d = doublet; t = t r i p l e t ;
q = quartet.
m/ e RI m/ e RI ml e RI
159 15.2 132 17.5 77 8.3
146 15.9 131 11.9 58 19.6
145 11.6 117 10.3 57 15.3
144 8.2 96 10.0
CH3 m / e 174
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 31 1
HO
n*,- i
CH3
I
CH3
HO
I
CH3 m/e 161
I I
m/e 160 CH3 CH3
3. I s o l a t i o n o f Physostigmine
3.1 P r e p a r a t i o n of Physostigmine S a l i c y l a t e
The s a l i c y l a t e s a l t i s p r e p a r e d by adding 2
p a r t s of physostigmine t o a s o l u t i o n o f 1 p a r t of
s a l i c y l i c a c i d i n 35 p a r t s of b o i l i n g d i s t i l l e d
w a t e r and a l l o w i n g t h e s a l t t o c r y s t a l l i z e on c o o l i n g
(241.
I n a n o t h e r procedure, an aqueous s o l u t i o n of
physostigmine s u l f a t e i s added t o a s a t u r a t e d s o l u -
t i o n of sodium s a l i c y l a t e , thereupon c r y s t a l l i n e
physostigmine s a l i c y l a t e i s p r e c i p i t a t e d o u t , c o l l e c -
t e d and d r i e d ( 2 3 ) .
4. S y n t h e s i s of Physostigmine
4.1 P a r t i a l Svnthesis
CH3 CH3
[V I
Phy s 0 s t i gmine [ V I I ]
316 FARID J . MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
rIVI
Physostigmine
WII ";m\.
[VI 1
CH3
I
CH3
I
318 FARID J . MUHTADI AND SEHAM S . EL-HAWARY
-
I i H
C02Et C02Et
[I1 [111
1 KOH
\N
I I 1 1
CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3
[VI
I I 1 1
CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3
[VI I I] P I I1
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 319
R = H Desoxyeseroline
R = OEt Eserethole
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 321
5. Biosynthesis of Physostigmine
Postulation of the biosynthetic pathway of physostig-
mine started in 1 9 2 5 with the suggestion of Robinson to
Barger et a1 ( 2 , 3 ) that this alkaloid might be built up
by the plant from oxytryptophan in a manner indicated by
0;)-
the formulas [I] [IV] .
COOH
I
CH2-CH-NH2
070cH2-cH2-NH2
L
oxidation
decarboxyl. I
[I11
1 Methyl.
a*)
[IVI
I
CH3
1
CH3
red.
o=c-o.o&,
YH
/
CH3
1 H I
CH3 CH3 [111]
322 FARID I. MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
6.1 Absorption
6.2 Distribution
6.3 Metabolism
6.4 Excretion
6.5 Half-life
6.6 Onset
7. Drug Stability
Physostigmine and salts acquire a red tint on contact
with metals o r after long exposure to heat, light and air
( 34 ) . They should be kept in well closed containers
protected from light (14).
In aqueous solutions, particularly in the presence of an
alkali, physostigmine and its salts undergo a progressive
change in color, at first becoming red, then blue and
finally brown ( 33). This decomposition of physostigmine
involves first hydrolytic cleavage of its methyl carbamyl
group with l o s s of methylamine and carbon dioxide and forma-
tion ofthe hydroxy derivative esero1ine;this compound is
then oxidized to a dioxy derivative mbreserine,so named
because of its red color; further degradation results in
the formation of the colored derivatives eserine bZue and
eserine brom. Both rubreserine and eserine blue inhibit
destruction of acetylcholine by cholinesterase, hut both
are considerably weaker than physostigmine (44). Eser-
oline exerted practically no effect in inhibiting cholin-
esterase ( 33). This studies indicate that coloration of
physostigmine solutions always evidences some loss of
potency and eventually the solution become therapeutically
worthless ( 33). The decomposition may be retarded by
previously rinsing out the bottle with diluted hydrochloric
acid, and subsequently with distilled water, or by coating
the inner surface of the dispensing vial with paraffin (33).
Preservation of physostigmine solutions for 6 months by
addition of 1:lOOO of ascorbic acid has been claimed (45 ) .
Potassium metabisulfite o r sodium bisulfite, in concentra-
tions of 0.1% have been also reported as satisfactory pre-
servatives for physostigmine salicylate solutions (34).
The soZution o f physostigmine saZicyZate should
prefeYIabZy be freshly prepared.
This solution should not be sterilized by heat and should
be storted in tight, light-resistant containers at a temp-
erature less than 4OoC, preferably between 15-30°C; freez-
ing should be avoided ( 34 ) . Commercially available
physostigmine salicylate injection has an expiration date
of 2 years following the date of manufacture (34).
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 325
8. Methods o f A n a l y s i s
8.1 Identification
8.2 M i c r o c r y s t a l Formation
Table 7 M i c r o c r y s t a l s of Physostigmine
~~ ~ ~~~ ~~ ~
8.3.1 Non-aqueous T i t r a t i o n
PLATE 1 : r i I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G M I N E
WITH PlCRIC ACID,
PLATE 2 : M I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G M I N E
#ITH LEAD I O D I D E ,
PLATE 3 : f ' l I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G E I I N E
\.!ITti GoLD C H L O R I D E ,
328 FARID J. MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
~~ ~
PLATE 4 : n I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G M I N E
WITH MAYER'S REAGENT,
PLATE 5 : R I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G M I N E
WITH I*!AGNER'S REAGENT,
PLATE 6 : M I C R O C R Y S T A L S OF P H Y S O S T I G M I N E
W I T H P O T , PERMANGANATE.
PHYSOSTIGMINE SALICYLATE 329
end p o i n t i s determined p o t e n t i o m e t r i c a l l y .
Each 1 m l of 0 . 1 M p e r c h l o r i c a c i d 3 0.04135 g
o f physostigmine s a l i c y l a t e .
The USP XX ( 5 0 ) d e s c r i b e d an a s s a y pro-
c e d u r e f o r physostigmine and physostigmine
s a l i c y l a t e u s i n g 175 mg and 250 mg r e s p e c t -
i v e l y . The weighed amount, d i s s o l v e d i n 25ml
CHC13, 25 ml g l a c i a l a c e t i c a c i d added and t h e
s o l u t i o n was t i t r a t e d with 0.02 N p e r c h l o r i c
a c i d i n dioxane VS. The end p o i n t was d e t e r -
mined p o t e n t i o m e t r i c a l l y . Each 1 m l o f 0.02N
p e r c h l o r i c a c i d i s e q u i v a l e n t t o 5.507 mg
physostigmine and 8.270 mg physostigmine s a l i -
c y l a t e . F o r physostigmine s u l f a t e , 200 mg
i n 25 ml of w a t e r are t o be used. The s o l u -
t i o n rendered a l k a l i n e by t h e a d d i t i o n of
about 1 g o f sodium b i c a r b o n a t e and e x t r a c t e d
w i t h one 25 m l and f i v e 10-ml p o r t i o n s o f
C H C 1 3 , each time shaking v i g o r o u s l y f o r 1 min.
To t h e f i l t e r e d combined e x t r a c t , 15 m l of
g l a c i a l a c e t i c a c i d and 10 m l o f a c e t i c anhy-
d r i d e a r e added and t h e amount of p h y s o s t i g -
mine s u l f a t e determined by non aqueous t i t r a -
t i o n w i t h 0 . 0 2 N p e r c h l o r i c a c i d as above.
Each m l o f 0 . 0 2 N p e r c h l o r i c a c i d i s equiva-
l e n t t o 6.488 mg of physostigmine s u l f a t e .
S o l u t i o n of 0.03-0.1% physostigmine s a l i c y l a t e
was analyzed by a d j u s t i n g a sample of i n j e c -
t i o n s o l u t i o n t o pH 8-9 w i t h NaHC03, e x t r a c t -
i n g 3 times w i t h CHC13, f i l t e r i n g t h e e x t r a c t s
and t i t r a t i n g i n t h e p r e s e n c e of dimethyl
yellow by 0.005 N p - t o l u e n e s u l f o n i c a c i d i n
dioxane ( 5 1 ) .
Another method u s i n g a r y l s u l f o n i c a c i d s
i n q u a n t i t a t i v e a n a l y s i s o f a l k a l o i d s i n non
aqueous media was r e p o r t e d ( 5 2 ) . As t i t r a n t s
were used 0.005 N dioxane s o l u t i o n s of t h e
following a c i d s : naphthalene-sulfonic a c i d ,
naphthalene-2-sulfonic a c i d , S-nitronaphtha-
l e n e s u l f o n i c ( I ) , 2 - n a p h t h o l - 6 - s u l f o n i c (11),
2-methoxynaphthalene 6 - s u l f o n i c and 2-propoxy-
naphtha 1ene - 6 - s u 1f o n i c ( I I I) .
The t i t r a n t s c o n t a i n e d I % p h e n o l a n d were
standardized against atropine o r brucine dis-
s o l v e d i n C H C 1 3 u s i n g 0.1% d i m e t h y l yellow a s
i n d i c a t o r . For t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n , 5 m l of a
s o l u t i o n t o be analyzed were t a k e n c o n t a i n i n g
330 FARID .I.MUHTADJ AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
- 5 mg a l k a l o i d s a l t , i t s pH a d j u s t e d t o 8-9
w i t h s a t u r a t e d NaHC03 s o l u t i o n o r 5% NaOH,
and t h e s o l u t i o n was e x t r a c t e d 4-5 times w i t h
5-10 m l C H C 1 3 each. The combined e x t r a c t s
were f i l t e r e d and t i t r a t e d . Many a l k a l o i d s
i n c l u d i n g physostigmine were t h u s determined
with t h e e r r o r ( + 1%. Best r e s u l t s were o b t a i -
ned w i t h 1-111 a s t i t r a n t s .
A p o t e n t i o m e t r i c t i t r a t i o n method u s i n g
2.5% Na t e t r a p h e n y l b o r a t e and valinomycin
ion s e l e c t i v e e l e c t r o d e f o r d e t e r m i n a t i o n of
physostigmine s a l i c y l a t e was r e p o r t e d (53).
A method was d e s c r i b e d f o r i o d o m e t r i c
d e t e r m i n a t i o n of physostigmine s a l i c y l a t e .
(10-20 h r . r e a c t i o n a t room temperature i n
H20-HOAC and H 2 0 - N a C 1 mineral a c i d systems)
(54).
8.4.1 C o l o r i m e t r i c Determination
Determination o f physostigmine by UV
spectrophotometry a f t e r s e p a r a t i o n of t h e
i n t a c t drug from i t s d e g r a d a t i o n p r o d u c t s by
e x t r a c t i o n with cyclohexane - amyl a l c o h o l (4: 1)
was r e p o r t e d [62).
Another method envolving s e p a r a t i o n of
physostigmine from i t s d e g r a d a t i o n p r o d u c t s
by TLC on alumina, w i t h CHC13 - a c e t o n e (5:4)
as the solvent,was presented ( 6 3 ) . Physostig-
mine was e l u t e d w i t h methanolic HC1 and d e t e r -
mined by UV spectrophotometry. Two methods
were used f o r t h e c o r r e c t i o n of i r r e l e v a n t
absorbance. A d i f f e r e n t i a l method i n which
absorbance measurements were made a t t h r e e
wavelengths, and a method i n which o r t h o l o g i -
c a l f u n c t i o n s were a p p l i e d t o absorbance
measurements a t a set of n i n e wavelengths.
The r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y of t h e e l u t i o n method
a p p e a r s t o be s l i g h t l y b e t t e r t h a n t h a t o f t h e
d i r e c t r e f l e c t a n c e method ( c o e f f i c i e n t of
v a r i a t i o n , 5.81%) b u t t h e t e c h n i q u e of e l u t i o n
i s l a b o r i o u s and slow. Both methods g i v e more
r e p r o d u c i b l e r e s u l t s t h a n t h e g a s chromato-
g r a p h i c method of T e a r e and B o r s t f o r physos-
t i g m i n e s a l i c y l a t e ( c o e f f i c i e n t of v a r i a t i o n ,
332 FARID J . MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
A procedure f o r s p e c t r o f l u o r e m e t r i c
d e t e r m i n a t i o n of physostigmine was r e p o r t e d
(64).
8.4.4 Phosphorescent A n a l y s i s
A q u a n t i t a t i v e enzymatic a s s a y f o r measuring
physostigmine i n human whole blood was d e s c r i b e d ( 6 6 )
The a u t h o r s s t a t e d t h a t s i n c e t h e drug i s given t o
p a t i e n t s i n low doses (2 mg) and i t s metabolism i n
t h e body i s q u i t e r a p i d , only nanogram l e v e l s o f t h e
334 FARID J . MUHTADI AND SEHAM S . EL-HAWARY
C l a r k e (16) d e s c r i b e d t h e f o l l o w i n g t e c h -
n i q u e which was r e p o r t e d f o r t h e a n a l y s i s of
n i t r o g e n o u s b a s e s i n c l u d i n g physostigmine.
Whatman No.1 s h e e t s were b u f f e r e d by d i p p i n g i n
a 5% s o l u t i o n o f sodium dihydrogen c i t r a t e and
a s o l v e n t composed of 4 . 8 g c i t r i c a c i d i n a
m i x t u r e of 130 m l water and 870 m l of n - b u t a n o l
was used. An Rf v a l u e of 0.43 was r e p o r t e d
f o r physostigmine ( 6 8 , 6 9 ) .
The f o l l o w i n g systems were a l s o employed
f o r t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of physostigmine.
I
S o l v e n t system Paper Ref.
-
P e t . e t h e r ( s a t u r a t e d w i t h formamide) - impregnated
benzene-ethanol (100:25:25) w i t h formamide + ( 7 0 )
Butanol-HC1 ( c o n c . ) - w a t e r (50:75:17.5) 8% ammonium
Butanol-acetic acid-water (4:1:5) format e
Chloroform
Chloroform m i x t u r e w i t h benzene,
toluene-xylene
8.6.2 TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography)
I impregnated
w i t h formamide
(71)
A TLC method f o r s e p a r a t i o n of p h y s o s t i g -
mine (Rf = 0.74) from i t s d e g r a d a t i o n p r o d u c t s ,
e s e r o l i n e (Rf = 0.51) and r u b r e s e r i n e (Rf = 0 . 5 5 )
on s i l i c a g e l w i t h CHC13 -acetone-33% w/w dime-
t h y l a n i n e i n e t h a n o l (5:4:1) as t h e s o l v e n t
was r e p o r t e d ( 7 2 ) .
The physostigmine was e l u t e d w i t h 0.1N NaOH
and t h e r u b r e s e r i n e formed by h y d r o l y s i s and
o x i d a t i o n was determined c o l o r i r n e t r i c a l l y a t
480 nm. The same a u t h o r a t t e m p t e d t o e l u t e
t h e alkaloid with various organic solvents
b u t t h e r e c o v e r i e s were low. The p r e v i o u s
method, however, was e x t i c i s e d by Smith ( 73 )
who r e p o r t e d t h a t r u b r e s e r i n e r e a c t e d w i t h
dimethylamine f o r 10 min. t o form a yellow
p r o d u c t w i t h an Rf (0.73) c l o s e t o t h a t of
physostigmine. Physostigmine and i t s degrada-
t i o n p r o d u c t s a f t e r 5 y e a r s s t o r a g e were exam-
i n e d by TLC and d i r e c t - r e f l e c t a n c e s p e c t r o -
photometry ( 7 4 ) .
I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f some a l k a l o i d s , i n c l u d i n g
physostigmine, i n chemical t o x i c o l o g i c a l
a n a l y s i s u s i n g TLC s i l i c a g e l was d i s c u s s e d
(75) -
336 FARID J . MUHTADI AND SEHAM S. EL-HAWARY
A l k a l o i d s were e x t r a c t e d from b i o l o g i c a l
m a t e r i a l w i t h 0.02 N H2S04 a t pH 2.5-3.0.
The e x t r a c t was a l k a l i n i z e d w i t h 20% NaOH
t o pH 8-9, e x t r a c t e d with CHC13 and chromato-
graphed on TLC of s i l i c a g e l KSK. CHC13 -
MezCO-EtzHN (50:30:2); E t 2 0 - Me2CO - NH3
(40:20:2) and CHC13 - Me2CO-NH3 (30:30:2)
were t h e s o l v e n t systems. The Rf of physos-
t i g m i n e i n t h r e e d i f f e r e n t s o l v e n t systems
was r e p o r t e d ( 76) :0.55 i n MeOH - s t r o n g amm-
o n i a (100 :1 . 5 ) ,O .12 i n Cyclohexane - t o l u e n e -
d i e t h y l a m i n (75:15:10) and0.36in C H C 1 3 - MeOH
( 9 0 : 10) a c i d i f i e d potassium permanganate s o l u -
t i o n was used f o r l o c a t i o n of t h e s p o t s .
I
5
1
2 mIImin
l l ~ ! ~! 8 1 1 ~! I l~ l l
0 4 8 1 2 ' 18 22 26 30 min
1 1 11 1
0 4 8 min
F i g . 11 HPLC of an aged physostigmine solution (left) and a rubrcserine standard solution (righl).
Peaks: 1 Rubrcscrine; 2 = salicylate; 3 = physosligmine. Detection: UV, 292 nm. ( 7 7 ) .
E
PHYSOSTlGMINE SALlCYLATE 339
8.7.2 Coulometry
9. Therapeutic Uses
Ocular therapy
A n t i c h o l i n e s t e r a s e a g e n t s p a r t i c u l a r l y physostigmine ( a s
t h e s a l i c y l a t e s a l t ) a r e o f g r e a t v a l u e i n t h e management
of t h e primary t y p e glaucoma a s well as c e r t a i n c a t e g o r i e s
of t h e secondary t y p e ( 9 3 ) .
Physostigmine produces a f a l l i n i n t r a o c u l a r p r e s s u r e i n
primary t y p e glaucoma ( 9 3 ) .
Low c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of physostigmine a r e r e p o r t e d t o d e c r e -
ase t h e b l u r r e d v i s i o n and p a i n a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h i s con-
d i t i o n (94).
In a l t e r n a t i o n w i t h a m y d r i a t i c drug such a s a t r o p i n e ,
physostigmine h a s proven u s e f u l f o r t h e b r e a k i n g of adhes-
i o n s between t h e i r i s and t h e l e n s o r c o r n e a (93,95,96).
Alzheimer's disease
I n Myasthenia gravis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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1. Introduction
2. Description
3. Synthesis
4. Physical properties
4.1 Infrared Spectrum
4.2 Ultraviolet Spectrum
4.3 Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum
4.4 Carbon-1 3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrum
4.5 Mass Spectrum
5. Elemental Analysis
6. Solubility
7. Polymorphic and Solvated Forms
8. Identification
8.1 Thin-Layer Chromatography
8.2 Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
8.3 Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy
9. Methods of Analysis
9.1 HPLC
9.2 Potentiometric Titration
9.3 Thin-Layer Chromatography
10. Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism
11. Determination in Biological Fluids
12. Bibliography
1. Introduction
2. Description
2.1 Nomenclature
Chemical Name
1-(4-Ami no-6.7-di methoxy-2-quinazol inyl)-4-(2-
furoy1)piperazine monohydrochloride
Generic Name
Prazosin Hydrochloride
Laboratorv Code
CP-12,299-1
Trade Names
Minipress, Hypovase, Sinetens
CAS Reaistrv Number
19237-84-4
PRAZOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE 353
HCI
3 Synthesis
4. Physical Properties
Wavelengths
Microns Assi gnment
PRFIZOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE
1.0
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
2
a
m 0.50
p:
0
; 0.40
a
0.30
0.20
0. I D
0.0
O O O O O O O O O ~
N t ( D
N N N E S Z S $ # ?
WFIVELENGTH C n m 3
Chemical Shift
Proton Assiqnment 0
proton in furan ring at C-5" multiplet 7.905
aromatic proton a t C-5 singlet 7.779
amide protons singIets 8.685, 8.990
proton in furan ring a t C-3" doublet 7.096
aromatic proton at C-8 sing let 7.648
proton in furan ring at C-4" quartet 6.664
piperazine protons m u Iti plet 4.002
methoxyl protons doublet 3.876
NH2 * HCI
Chemical Shift
0 Assi q n ment
4.5 Massspectrum
5. Elemental Analvsis
C 54.35 54.34
H 5.28 5.26
N 16.68 16.49
CI 8.44 8.42
95.
98.
85.
88.
X.
a.
65.
Approximate Solubility
Solvent (milligramlmilliliter)
acetone 0.0072
methanol 6.4
ethanol 0.84
dimethylformamide 1.3
dimethylacetamide 1.2
water (pH = 3.5) 1.4
chloroform 0.041
Polvmorphs
Solvates
J A
5000 3000
4000 2000
I
1500
I I I
1000
I
900
L
800
U
d I,,,rId.........l.........I
5000 3000 1500
700 4000 2000
1000
900
800 700
characterize each of the solvated forms are listed i n Table (4). The
characteristic powder x-ray diffraction peaks for each prazosin
hydrochloride solvated form are listed in Table (5).
8. Identification
Characteristic Bands
Solvated Form
alpha 1 :3:3: 1 quartet centered at 23 degrees sharp bands at 93 degrees and 23.6 degrees
beta sharp bands at 1 1.3 degrees, 22.5 degrees and 23.6 degrees
gamma band groupings at 10.5 degrees, 16.7 degrees and 24.8 degrees
Solvated Form
polyhyd rate sharp bands at 8.05 degrees, 12.2 degrees doublet at 25.2 degrees
anhyd rate same as monohydrate form sharp bands at 10.5 degrees, 12.0 degrees and 16.9 degrees
doublets at 24.5 degrees, 26.5 degrees
methanolate sharp bonds at 10.5 degrees, 17.3 degrees, 23.9 degrees, and 25.5 degrees
PRAZOSIN HYDROCHLORIDE 371
9. Methods of Analysis
12. Biblioaraphv
1. DescriDtion
1.3 m eNam
Pontocai ne hydrochloride, Anestaron(21,
Anethaine(3)
Structural
. HCl
TETRACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 381
Molecular Weiaht
300.83
5. Physical ProDerties
5.1 Loss On Drying(5)
5.3 Aciditv
5.9 D W -
Tetracalne hydrochloride was heated from 390 0 t o
440 OK at a rate of 10 degree/mlnute under an atmosphere of
nitrogen In a Perkln-Elmer Model DSC-2 Differential Scanning
Calorimeter equipped with a Data Station. The presence of
polymorphism can be seen by the existence of two endotherms
in the thermogram(See Fig. 1). Indium was used as a reference
standard. The corrected onset temperature for the two
endotherms(po1ymeric forms) was 413.04 0 to 42 1.59 OK( 136.5
TETRACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 383
Table 1
1.95 4 3.78 10
2.15 4 3.97 11
2.5 1 5 4.22 20
2.66 5 4.43 a
2.80 7 4.83 12
2.96 6 5.05 67
3.12 10 5.42 8
3.30 10 6.28 12
3.48 17 8.38 42
3.56 8 12.55 100
8
5 3 2 1
H- N-CH2-CH2 -CH2 -CH3
0.8443 3 triplet
1.3051 2 sixtet
1.4937 2 quintet
2 . ~ ~ 9 6 s1ngl et
3.0456 2 triplet
3.5285 2 mu1tiplet
4.5180 2 multiplet
6.6282 2 doublet
7.7641 2 doub1et
4.7422(residua\protons present in Dfl)
10
~ ~
1 15.616 quartet
2 22.094 triolet
3 32.849 triplet
4 44.652 quartet
5 45.506 triplet
6 58.340 triplet
7 60.903 triplet
0 113.631 doublet
9 117.205 singlet
10 134.095 doublet
11 155.730 singlet
12 169.556 sing1et
L
Fig 5 Proton decoupled FT-13C NMR spectrum
ll
f
G
392
--_
c
-H
394 MOHAMMAD RIA2
m/e Ion
265
266
194
[ mCH2CH2N(CH& i s lost]
TETRACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 395
193 +OCOHC~H~NHC&J
176
150
72
71
58
44
42
~~
6. Synthesis
7. Methods of Analysis
I*
n
9.
8.
m
n
m.
a.
0.
5.
Y.
4s.
Y.
X.
11.
x.
a.
IS.
I I
IN.
0.
u.
0.
(I.
a.
I.
1.
8
111
%.
9,
..
6,
5.
m.
0.
a.
5.
PI.
(I.
9.
I.
3.
?i
a.
IS.
II.
5.
I- . ' ' -
.I
,
a
I.
N i
7.2.6
7.2.101-Hvdrochlarlcd
Working electrode: As
Sample size: 10-20 mg
Detect ion: Potent 1omet rlc, P t
indicator vs
Ag/AgCI
reference
Precision: 0.2 % relative standard
deviation
402 MOHAMMAD RIM
. -sG
7.5.2 a
The following chromatographic conditions
were used in system A & B.
MOHAMMAD RIA2
System A(31)
Column: Column (6ft x 4 mm) packed with 3.8 W
slllcone rubber UC W 98 on Dlatoport 5,
80/ 100 mesh (Hewlett Packard).
Column temperature: 200 OC
Detector temperature: 230 OC
Injection port temperature: 200 OC
A t tenuat ion: 64
Carrler gas(nitrogen)flow rate: 50 cc/mln
Hydrogen flow rate: 35 cc/rnin
A i r flow rate: 300 cc/min
Detector: Flame ionization
Interna1 standard( I.S. 1: Procaine
hydrochloride( 10
mg/ml in water)
Retention time: 1 1 min. (tetracaine
hydrochloride), 5
min.(procaine hydrochloride)
Sample: Inject 3 ~1 chloroform extract
System B(32)
8. Stabllltv
Tetracaine hydrochlride powder should be stored in air
tight containers, protected from Ilght(3). The Preparations
should be stored at 2-8 OC and also be protected from light
(39).In aqueous solution, tetracaine hydrochloride hydrolyze4to
n-bu t y laminobenzolc acid and 2-dime thy laminoethanol;
decarboxyl at ion of n- but y 1 am inobenzoic acid to but y lani 1ine
occurs and the butylaniline oxidizes t o form various co^_lored
products. The hydrolysis of the drug is catalysed by both
hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. At 25 OC, solutions are most stable
at about pH 3.33).The degradation product, p-n-
butylaminobenzoic acid is only sparingly soluble in water and
potentially can cause crystal depoisition in amethocaine
hydrochloride preparations such as injections, eye drops,
topical solution and sterile solution(39).
10. Toxicity(42)
1 1. DOSaQe Forms
( 1) U.S.P. HI(12)
Ophthalmic solution, solution, ointment,
ophtha1mic ointment, cream, inject ion, topica 1 solution,
sterile.
14. ReferencE
( 1 ) The Merck Index, 10th Edn., p 13 14No. 90 14), Merck & Co.,
Rathway, New Jersey, ( 1983).
(2) Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 17th Edn., p I054
Mack Publishing Co., Pennsylvania( 1985).
(3) The Pharmaceutical Codex, 1 1 th Edn., p 26, The
Pharmaceutical Press, London( 1979).
TETRACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE 409
BY
Contents
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
1.2 Formulae
1.3 Molecular Weight
1.4 Elemental Composition
1.5 Appearance, Color, Odor and Taste
1.6 Occurance.
2. Physical Properties
3. Synthesis
4. Metabolism
5. Vitamin Deficiency
6. Human Requirements
7. Methods of Analysis
8. Acknowledgement
9. References
THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 415
Thiamine Hydrochloride
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
1.1.1 Chemical Names
a) 3-[(4-Amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)-
methyl]-5-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methylthiazolium chloride
monohydrochloride. (1)
b) 3-(4-Amino-2-methylpyrimidin-5-methyl)-
5-2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methylthiazolium chloride hydro-
chloride. ( 2 )
1.1.2 Generic Names
Thiamine Hydrochloride, Vitamin Bi.
1.1.3 Trade Names
Vitamin B Hydrochloride, Thiamine chloride-
hydrochloride, Aneurine hydrochloride, Thiaminium-
chloride Hydrochloride, Bedome, Belgiolan, Benerva,
Bequin, Betabion hydrochloride, Betalin S, Betraxin,
Bethiaxine, Bevitex, Bewon, Biuno, Bivatin, Bivita,
Clotiamina, Metabolin, Thiadoxine, Thiavit, Tiamidon,
Tiaminal, Vitaneuron, Thiaminii chloridum, Thiamini
Hydrochloride, Aneurine chloride Hydrochloride,
Thiaminium chloride, Thiamin Hydrochloride, Thiamine
chloride.
1.2 Formulae
1.2.1 Empirical
Ci z H i aClzN40S.
416 KHALID A.M. AL-RASHOOD ET AL.
1.2.2 Structural
59-43-8
337.25
1.6 Occurance
2. Physical ProDerties
2.2 Solubility
3255 -OH
1650 C-N
1600 Aromatic C = C
-CH3 2.53 s
-CH3 2.61 s
-CHZ 3.17 d
-CHZ 3.85 m
N-CHZ 5.55 s
/I 5
6
7
8
3.85
3.86
3.88
4.80
9 5.55
10 8.01
P
N
>,
10 9 8 7 6 5
143 30
122 42
112 100
85 30
45 26 + CH 2CH 2 0 H
36 34 I
3. Synthesis
Scheme 1 ( 3 )
COOC~H,
Ethyl formate
Ethyl-B-Hydroxy
propionate COOC,H,
+
amidine
THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 427
Scheme I (Continued)
0 Br
NH2 I
I
CH
+CH3COChCH,CH,OH -+
C H,C H,O H
Broacetopropanol
II
S T h i a z o l e compound
Thioformamide
N=C-NHrHBr
CH3-I I
iCH,Br I
N-CH T h i a z o l e compound
Pyrimidine n u c l e u s 1 Heating
N=C -NH,-HBr
CH3-C
I I
C-CH,-N
II II
N-CH
Thiamine Hydrochloride
428 KHALID A.M. AL-RASHOOD ETAL.
Scheme I I (4)
(4 Scheme I1
NH
2-Methyl-5-ethoxymethoyl
6-hydroxy pyrimidine Ethyl sodioformyl-
Acetamidine
B-ethoxy propio-
nate
- H2N
c'cYH3
C2H50CH,
2-Methyl-5-ethoxymethyl
6-chloropyrimidine
CHOCH,
2 5
2-Methyl -5 -bromoethyl-6-amino-
pyrimidine hydrobromide
430 KHALID A.M. AL-RASHOOD E T A L .
Scheme I1 c o n t i n u e d
(9
O=C-CH, O= C- CH,
I + CPP ._+ AHC’/O
CH2COOC2H,
Ethylene o x i d e I ‘0
Ethyl a c e t o a c e t a t e CH 2Ck
Acety 1-but rryl l a c t o n
J S0Cl2
CI O=C.CH,CI
I
CH$OCHCH,CH,OH -c02 I
CHC””
Chloro-acetopropanol Heated w i t h
HC 1 1 )
1 (Thio
NH2
formamide
CH2CH,
Chloroacetylbutyro-
1a c t one
4-Methyl-5(0-hydroxyethyl)-
thiazole + AgCl Bromo-Pyrimidine
Thiamine Hydrochloride
THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 43 I
4. Metabolism
5. Vitamine Deficiency
6. Human Reauirements
7. Methods of Analysis
C 42.73% H 5.38%
C1 21.03% N 16.61%
0 4.74% S 9.51%
436 KHALID A.M. AL-RASHOOD E T A L
7.2 Identification
uv Absorvtion SDectroscoDy
Gas Chromatography
8. Acknowledgment
9. References
Column Mobile phase Flow rate Retention Sample Detect ion Ref.
time
19. A.M. Aliev and F.M. Akmedova. Azerb. Med. Zh. 48, 39
(1971).
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTORY
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Nomenclature
2.2 Formulae and Molecular Weight
2.3 Appearance, Color, Odor and Taste
2.4 The Three-Dimensional Structure
3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
4. SYNTHESIS
4.1 Manufacturing
4.2 Partial Synthesis
4.3 Cyclization
5. PHARMACOKINETICS
5.1 Absorption
5.2 Distribution
5.3 Biotransformation
5.4 Drug Concentration Levels
5.5 Elimination
6 . THERAPEUTIC CATEGORATION
6.1 Pharmacology
THIORIDAZINE AND THIORIDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE 46 1
6.2 Uses
6.3 Drug-Drug Interactions
6.4 Toxicology
6.5 Cautions
6.6 Administration and Dosage
6.7 Pharmaceutical Preparations
6 . 8 Stability
6.9 Laboratory Test Interferences
7. ANALYTICAL METHODS
7 . 1 Qualitative
7.2 Quantitative
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REFERENCES
462 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
1. INTRODUCTORY
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Nomenclature
2.13 Pharmacopoeias
Thioridazine : [50-52-21.
Thioridazine.HC1 : [130-61-01.
3. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
-
- Boiling Point, OC
Melting Range ,OC
3 . 5 Thermal B e h a v i o r
The d i f f e r e n t i a l s c a n n i n g c a l o r i m e t r y (DSC) t h e r m a l
curve f o r t h i o r i d a z i n e hydrochloride is given i n Figure
2. The s c a n n i n g h a s b e e n r u n a t a r a t e o f 10°C.min-l
f r o m 50 t o 20OoC. The h y d r o c h l o r i d e s a l t of t h i o r i d a z i n e
m e l t s a t 1 6 6 . 8 O C , t h e A H - v a l u e i s 44.2 J . m o l e - l for
95.84 m o l e % p u r i t y . A DuPont TA-9900 Thermal A n a l y z e r
a t t a c h e d t o a DuPont Data U n i t e were used f o r t h e DSC-
scanning.
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U a,
z m U
urn
rn- a d
L k
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0 U 4
UUl
r i m .ri c
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PUS E
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m - e o
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466 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
3 . 6 Solubility
3 . 1 Crystallographic Data
3.71 Crystallization
3 . 7 2 Crystal Forms
3.73 X-Rav D i f f r a c t i o n P a t t e r n
T h i s p a t t e r n w a s o b t a i n e d on a P h i l i p s PW-1710
D i f f r a c t o m e t e r w i t h s i n g l e c r y s t a l monochromator
a n d c o p p e r K, radiation. The x - r a y powder
d i f f r a c t i o n p a t t e r n s were r e c o r d e d on a P h i l i p s PM-
8 2 1 0 p r i n t i n g r e c o r d e r . The t a b l e s o f 2 8 , d-
s p a c i n g ( A 1, a n d c o u n t s w e r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y
o b t a i n e d on a P h i l i p s D i g i t a l p r i n t e r .
T a b l e 1: The X-ray d i f f r a c t i o n a l p r i n c i p a l l i n e s of
t h i o r i d a z i n e hydrochloride.
F i g . 4 : C h a r a c t e r i s t i c p r i n c i p a l l i n e s of t h e X-ray powder
d i f i r a c t ion of- thior-i _
~ - _ ^ _ - _ d a-z-i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e .
470 EZZAT M . ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
I
THIORIDAZINE AND THIORIDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE 473
C2H4N 42 9 CH =CH-NH
2
CH3S 47 2 CH3 S
‘gH4 76 22
Nos
4
7 H6NS2 167 4
S -cH3
t a b l e 4 contd...
474 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
‘SH11NS2 185 19
‘1 3H9NS 211 12
C14H12NS 226 12
The 13C-nuclear m a g n e t i c r e s o n a n c e s p e c t r u m
o f t h i o r i d a z i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e was o b t a i n e d i n
CDC13 a t ambient t e m p e r a t u r e u s i n g TMS as t h e
i n t e r n a l s t a n d a r d on a V a r i a n X L - 2 0 0
S p e c t r o m e t e r . The c h e m i c a l s h i f t s , m u l t i p l i -
c i t i e s and s p e c t r a l a s s i g n m e n t s are g i v e n i n
T b l e 6, while F i g u r e 9 shows t h e o b t a i n e d
'C-NMR spectrum. The DEPT and APT s p e c t r a of
thioridazine hydrochloride are given i n
F i g u r e s 10 a n d 11 r e s p e c t i v e l y .
.ci
1
S -C%
c1 16.08
c2 40.90
c3 22.37
c4 56.77
c5 63.60
'6 22.97
c7 28.51*
'8 27.68'
C9 43.19
t a b l e 6 contd.
7
1 1 1 I N CDCLT,k.S.U.
LirECTRPL LINES FOR 1W 17.64
NFL= 1bl.l RFP= 0
! I
I2 61.49.2 122.627 48.778
,I boBB. b 121.0x 94.-
14 m5.5 116.390 152.503
I5 5839.5 116.07a 39.119
16
17
18
!V
5757.1
57a7.e
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3896.2
114.434
114.m
18.070
77.445
132.w2
37.811
64. 7-
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20 5863.7 76.- M.P.8
21 3197.7 L3.5.5, 1Sb.02,
I 2 -2.4 59.hao 17. I 8 9
23 -.2 56.733 98.726
24 2sav. 3 51.4- 24.083
25 2213.9 44.m 21.94b
26 21A9.9 43.132 74.793
27 2057.6 40.900 1m.4.8
m Lsn.2 a. 280 m.ov6
3 1431.s 28.4s 93.375
30 lSEB.8 27.405 42.689
31 1758.3 2S.011 25.796
32 1149.3 22.845 94.408
33 1121.8 22.297 9&-3
14 io11.1 m.m m . o
35 962.0 19.121 19.017
Sb 814.1 I6.18S S9.030
37 @?.I 16.083 140.789
38 0 0 35.m
0
w
v)
3
m
48I
482 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
‘1 3 CH - 7 9 121.00
‘14 ‘H - Y , 123.27
‘1 5 CH - I f 1
‘16 ‘H - Y Y )121.55-127.73
‘17 ‘H - ¶ , )
c18 C-aromatic 145.40 X
‘19 CH - 9 , 144.10
c20 CH -9 , )
c21 CH -, I ) 138.38’
4. SYNTHESIS
There are different synthetic methods f o r preparation of
thioridazine starting from various materials.
piperidyl-2')-l-chloro-ethane i n 40 p a r t s of a b s o l u t e
xylene i s t h e n added dropwise i n t h e c o u r s e of 1-1/2 h r
A f t e r f u r t h e r h e a t i n g f o r 3 h r s . , t h e r e a c t i o n mixture
i s cooled and, a f t e r t h e a d d i t i o n of 5 p a r t s of ammonium
c h l o r i d e , i s s h a k e n 3 t i m e s w i t h w a t e r . The x y l e n e
s o l u t i o n i s e x t r a c t e d once w i t h 35 p a r t s of 3N a c e t i c
a c i d and t h e n 3 t i m e s , each time w i t h 15 p a r t s of a c e t i c
a c i d , a f t e r which t h e a c e t i c a c i d e x t r a c t i s washed w i t h
6 0 p a r t s of e t h e r and i s t h e n made p h e n o l p h t h a l e i n -
a l k a l i n e by means of 25 p a r t s of c o n c e n t r a t e d a q u e o u s
c a u s t i c soda s o l u t i o n .
SCHEME 1
n
THIORIDAZINE AND THIORIDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE 485
SCHEME 2
486 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
4 . 3 Cyclization
SCHEME 3
5. PHARMACOKINETICS
5.1 Absorption
5.2 Distribution
5.3 Biotransformation
5.41 T h e r a p e u t i c Plasma L e v e l s
A x e l s s o n and M B r t e n s s o n ( 2 6 ) s t u d i e d t h e s e r u m
c o n c e n t r a t i o n and e l i m i n a t i o n f r o m s e r u m o f
t h i o r i d a z i n e i n 169 p s y c h i a t r i c p a t i e n t s , 103 women
and 66 men s e l e c t e d from 200 i n - p a t i e n t s who had
been t r e a t e d w i t h t h i o r i d a z i n e f o r a t l e a s t 8 days.
The e v e n i n g serum c o n c e n t r a t i o n was v a r y i n g from
0 . 0 5 t o 2 . 8 2 pg.rnl-', while t h e morning
c o n c e n t r a t i o n between t r a c e s and 2.17 Pg.rn1-l. The
serum c o n c e n t r a t i o n r e a c h e s a p l a t e a u w i t h i n a
week. C o m p a r a t i v e e v a l u a t i o n of t h e serum concen-
t r a t i o n s of t h i o r i d a z i n e and i t s a c t i v e m e t a b o l i t e s
s u l f o r i d a z i n e and r n e s o r i d a z i n e w a s undertaken by
u s i n g r a d i o r e c e p t o r a s s a y and HPLC (27-30).
5.5 E l i m i n a t i o n
I n 48 p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d w i t h t h i o r i d a z i n e , t h e mean
amount n o t bound t o serum p r o t e i n s was 0.15%, t h a t
of t h e s i d e - c h a i n s u l f o x i d e 1 . 6 6 % , s i d e - c h a i n
s u l f o n e 1 . 1 7 % , and r i n g s u l f o x i d e 1.70% ( 3 4 ) .
The mean s e r u m T % i n 2 0 p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d w i t h
t h i o r i d a z i n e o n l y was 16.1 h r s , b u t 1 7 . 1 h r s i n
p a t i e n t s who r e c e i v e d a l s o a d d i t i o n a l m e d i c a t i o n s
( 3 5 ) . The T7/2 -value i s recorded a l s o t o be 24 h r s
i n some s t u d i e s (36). The i n t e r i n d i v i d u a l v a r i a t i o n
of t h e e l i m i n a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e from serum was
t h u s of t h e same magnitude as t h e v a r i a t i o n of t h e
serum c o n c e n t r a t i o n . I n e l d e r l y p a t i e n t s , a
d e c r e a s i n g a b i l i t y t o e l i m i n a t e t h i o r i d a z i n e , i. e . ,
490 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
d i u r e n a l d e c r e a s e , was o b s e r v e d ( 3 5 ) ; t h i s means
t h a t a g i v e n d o s e of t h i o r i d a z i n e w i l l g i v e a
h i g h e r serum c o n c e n t r a t i o n i n e l d e r l y p a t i e n t s than
i n younger ones.
A x e l s s o n and M a r t e n s s o n ( 3 5 ) o b s e r v e d t h a t
alcoholics eliminated thioridazine f a s t e r than t h e
o t h e r p a t i e n t s even when were r e c e i v i n g i n c r e a s i n g
d o s e s . T h i s was e x p l a i n e d by i n t e r i n d i v i d u a l
d i f f e r e n c e s i n metabolism of a l c o h o l i c s , whom l i v e r
enzymes may be induced by a l c o h o l . It was r e p o r t e d
t h a t t h e a d d i t i o n of p r o p r a n o l o l , a l i p i d - s o l u b l e
B-adrenergic r e c e p t o r a n t a g o n i s t , commonly pres-
c r i b e d f o r h y p e r t e n s i o n , t o t h e pharmacotherapy of
p a t i e n t s r e c e i v i n g t h i o r i d a z i n e i n c r e a s e d t h e serum
l e v e l s of t h i o r i d a z i n e i n t o t h e p o t e n t i a l l y t o x i c
range (37-39). It i s known t h a t t h e a d v e r s e
r e a c t i o n s a r e more l i k e l y t o be r e l a t e d t o t h e
c o n c e n t r a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e i n t h e body t h a n t o
t h e d o s e i n g e s t e d , t h e c l i n i c i a n should a l e r t t o
i n i t i a t e t h e c o r r e c t i v e measures i n each i n d i v i d u a l
case.
N e u r o l e p t i c d r u g , e.g. t h i o r i d a z i n e , c o n c e n t r a t i o n s
a t t h e r e c e p t o r s i t e s a r e l i k e l y t o be r e f l e c t e d
more c l e a r l y by t h e unbound t h a n by t h e t o t a l
plasma c o n c e n t r a t i o n s . The r e d b l o o d c e l l s (RBC)
c o n c e n t r a t i o n s showed t h e b e s t c o r r e l a t i o n t o t h e
unbound plasma v a l u e s , i . e . , may be more a c c u r a t e
t h a n t h e t o t a l plasma c o n c e n t r a t i o n of t h e drug.
The determined unbound plasma c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of t h e
t h i o r i d a z i n e were more a c c u r a t e image. The t o t a l
p l a s m a c o n c e n t r a t i o n s , b u t n e i t h e r t h e unbound
plasma n o r t h e RBC c o n c e n t r a t i o n s , were s i g n i f i -
c a n t l y c o r r e l a t e d t o t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of t h e
drug-binding protein al-acid glycoprotein.
Radioreceptor assay values were a l s o s t r o n g l y
c o r r e l a t e d t o t h e weighed serum of t h e t o t a l and
unbound plasma c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of t h i o r i d a z i n e and
i t s m e t a b o l i t e s (37).
5.55 E x c r e t i o n
6. THERAPEUTIC CATEGORATION
6.1 Pharmacology
P h e n o t h i a z i n e , t h e 5 t r r i c t i i r a l p r o t o t y p e of t h e p h e n o -
t h i a z i n e s , i s n o t more i n u s e a s u r i n a r y t r a c t
a n t i s e p t i c d u e t o i t 5 t o x i c i t y , b u t s t i l l u s e d as a n
a n t h e l m i n t i c i n vett’rinary medicine and a s an
i n s e c t i c i d e ( 4 2 ) . The d e v e l o p m e n t of p h e n o t h i a z i n e s a s
psychopharmacologica 1 agents r e s u l t e d from t h e observed
s e d a t i o n a c t i v i t y of c e r t a i n a n t i h i s t a m i n i c p h e n o -
t h i a z i n e compounds. I n a n a t t e m p t t o enhance the
s e d a t i v e e f f e c t s o f s u c h g r o u p o f d r u g s , some a n a l o g u e s
were s y n t h e s i z e d .
T h e p h a r m a c o l o g y o f t h i o r i d a z i n e a s a l l o t h e r phe no-
t h i a z i n e s i s c o m p l e x , arid d u e t o i t s a c t i v i t y on t h e
c e n t r a l a n d au t o n o mi c- n e r v o u s s y s t e m s , t h e d r u g a f f e c t s
many d i f f e r e n t s i t e . , i i i t h e body.
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T h i o r i d a z i n e a c t s p r i n c i p a l l y i n t h e CNS a t t h e
s u b c o r t i c a l l e v e l s of t h e r e t i c u l a r f o r m a t i o n ,
hypothalmus and l i m b i c s y s t e m , w i t h o u t p r o d u c i n g
s u b s t a n t i a l c o r t i c a l d e p r e s s i o n . The d r u g a c t s a l s o
i n the basal ganglia, exhibiting extrapyramidal
effects.
The r e a l m e c h a n i s m ( s ) o f a c t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e ,
including antipsychotic one, has not been
d e t e r m i n e d , b u t may be r e l a t e d p r i n c i p a l l y t o i t s
antidopaminergic e f f e c t s . There is evidence t o
i n d i c a t e t h a t t h i o r a d i z i n e and o t h e r p h e n o t h i a z i n ' s
antipsychotic antagonize dopamine-mediated neuro-
t r a n s m i s s i o n a t t h e s y n a p s e s . T h i o r i d a z i n e may
block p o s t s y n a p t i c dopamine r e c e p t o r s i t e s .
However, i t i s n o t s u r e whether t h e a n t i p s y c h o t i c
e f f e c t of t h i o r i d a z i n e i s d e f i n i t e l y r e l a t e d t o
t h e i r a n t i d o p a m i n e r g i c e f f e c t s . Thioridazine a l s o
has p r i n c i p a l and/or c e n t r a l a n t a g o n i s t i c a c t i v i t y
against a - a d r e n e r g i c , s e r o t o n e r g i c , histamine
( H1-re c e p t o r s ) , a n d mus c a r i n i c r e c e p t o r s. T h e
e f f e c t s of t h e d r u g o n t h e autonomic n e r v o u s s y s t e m
a r e complex and u n p r e d i c t a b l e s i n c e t h e d r u g e x e r t s
v a r y i n g d e g r e e s of a-adrene r g i c blocking,
muscarinic blocking, & adrenergic a c t i v i t y . It has
a l s o b e e n s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e drug-s e f f e c t s o n
dopamine a r e p r o b a b l y most i m p o r t a n t , b u t t h e drug:
e f f e c t s on t h e o t h e r a m i n e s , s u c h a s y-aminobutyric
a c i d ( G A B A ) , o r p e p t i d e s , s u c h a s s u b s t a n c e P,
e n d o r p h i n s , may c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e a n t i p s y c h o t i c
e f f e c t s of t h i o r i d a z i n e ( 4 2 ) .
On t h e w e i g h t b a s i s , t h i o r i d a z i n e i s a b o u t a s
potent as chlorpromazine, but has s t r o n g
a n t i c h o l i n e r g i c and s e d a t i v e e f f e c t s a n d weak
extrapyramidal e f f e c t s . Thioridazine has l i t t e a n t i -
emetic a c t i v i t y , which would b e m e d i a t e d % a d i r e c t
e f f e c t o n t h e m e d u l l a r y c h e m o r e c e p t o r t r i g g e r zone
(CTZ) , a p p a r e n t l y by b l o c k i n g dopamine r e c e p t o r s i n
t h e CTZ. T h i o r i d a z i n e i n h i b i t s t h e c e n t r a l and
p e r i p h e r a l e f f e c t s of apomorphine and e r g o t
a l k a l o i d s (42).
T h i o r i d a z i n e h a s d i r e c t and i n d i r e c t a c t i o n s o n t h e
h e a r t and v a s c u l a t u r e making t h e c a r d i o v a s c u l a r
e f f e c t c o m p l e x . The d r u g i n h i b i t s p e r i p h e r a l a -
adrenergic blocking a c t i v i t y and c a u s e s v a s o d i l a -
t i o n l e a d i n g t o o r t h o s t a t i c h y p o t e n s i o n . The d r u g
may i n c r e a s e t h e c o r o n a r y b l o o d f l o w a s a r e s u l t of
increased heart rate. Transient antiarrhythmic
e f f e c t s h a v e b e e n o b s e r v e d i n some p a t i e n t s a t
h i g h e r d o s a g e s . T h i s may r e s u l t f r o m e i t h e r a
d i r e c t quinidine-like properties or probable l o c a l
a n a e s t h e t i c e f f e c t of t h e d r u g .
6.13 E f f e c t s on E n d o c r i n e s
T h i o r i d a z i n e may i n d u c e s e c r e t i o n of p r o l a c t i n from
t h e a n t e r i o r p i t u i t a r y by i n h i b i t i n g d o p a m i n e
r e c e p t o r s i n t h e p i t u i t a r y and hypothalmus d u r i n g
long-term a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . P r o l a c t i n s e c r e t i o n may
be a c c o m p a n i e d a l s o w i t h a m e n o r r h e a , g y n e c o m a s t i a
and impotence. D e c r e a s e s of u r i n a r y c o n c e n t r a t i o n s
of g o n a d o t r o p i n p r o g e s t i n s may be o b s e r v e d i n some
p a t i e n t s , and may be v a s o p r e s s i n and c o r t i c o t r o p i n
i n some o t h e r p a t i e n t s ( 4 2 ) .
6.14 O t h e r E f f e c t s
T h i o r i d a z i n e may h a s a n t i i n f l a m m a t o r y a n d / o r
a n t i p r u r i t i c e f f e c t s , r e s u l t i n g from a n t a g o n i s m of
v a r i o u s m e d i a t o r s u b s t a n c e s , s u c h as s e r o t o n i n and
histamine.
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6.2 -
Uses
6 . 3 Drug-Drug I n t e r a c t i o n s
6 . 3 1 CNS D e p r e s s a n t s
S i n c e t h i o r i d a z i n e may b e a d d i t i v e w i t h , o r may
p o t e n t i a t e t h e a c t i o n o f , o t h e r CNS d e p r e s s a n t s
such a s o p i a t e s or other a n a l g e s i c s , b a r b i t u r a t e s
or other sedatives, general anaesthetics, o r
a l c o h o l . Caution should be t a k e n t o avoid probable
e x c e s s i v e s e d a t i o n o r CNS d e p r e s s i o n ( 4 2 ) .
6 . 3 2 Lithium
P a t i e n t s r e c e i v i n g combined t h e r a p y of l i t h i u m and
t h i o r i d a z i n e may e x e r t a c u t e e n c e p h a 1o p a t h i c
s y n d r o m e s o c c a s i o n a l l y o c c u r i n g e s p e c i a l l y when
h i g h e r serum l i t h i u m c o n c e n t r a t i o n s are p r e s e n t .
S u c h p a t i e n t s s h o u l d b e o b s e r v e d f o r e v i d e n c e of
a d v e r s e n e u r o l o g i c e f f e c t s and t r e a t m e n t s h o u l d b e
r a p i d l y d i s c o n t i n u e d i f t h o s e s i g n s o r symptoms
appear ( 4 0 , 4 3 , 4 4 ) .
6 . 3 3 Metrizamide
The c o n c u r r e n t u s e of m e t r i z a m i d e w i t h t h i o r i d a -
zine, a drug lowers the s e i z u r e threshold, an
i n c r e a s e d r i s k o f s e i z u r e s c a n b e e x p e c t e d . The
m a n u f a c t u r e r s s t a t e t h a t phenothiazines should not
be u s e d i n p a t i e n t s r e c e i v i n g m e t r i z a m i d e a n d f o r
t h e c o n t r o l of m e t r i z a m i d e - i n d u c e d n a u s e a a n d
vomiting ( 4 2 , 4 4 ) .
6.34 Anticonvulsants
Because of t h e s e i z u r e - t h r e s h o l d l o w e r i n g e f f e c t of
t h i o r i d a z i n e , d o s a g e a d j u s t m e n t of a n t i c o n v u l s a n t s
may b e n e c e s s a r y when t h e y a r e p r e s c r i b e d w i t h
t h i o r i d a z i n e . The CNS d e p r e s s a n t e f f e c t s o f
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6 . 3 5 Bromocriptine
Robbins -
et -
a1 ( 4 5 ) reported that patient receiving
thioridazine and given bromocriptine for a large
prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma shows
increases of serum prolactin level. Some adverse
effects, such as deterioration of visual fields,
were resolved after stopping thioridazine. It was
concluded that the use of dopamine antagonists such
as thioridazine in patients with prolactinoma may
interfere with bromocriptine’s action, resulting in
potentially serious complications.
6 . 3 6 Phenytoin
6 . 4 Toxicology
6 . 4 1 Manifestations
d e p r e s s i o n p r o g r e s s i n g t o coma w i t h a r e f l e x i a may
o c c u r , t h i s c a n be accompanied by t a c h y c a r d i a , ECG-
changes and c a r d i a c a r r h y t h m i a s , h y p o t h e r m i a ,
m i o s i s , t r e m o r , muscle t w i t c h i n g , spasm o r
r i g i d i t y , s e i z u r e s , muscular hypotonia, i l e u s , d r y
mouth, d i f f i c u l t y i n swallowing or breathing,
cyanosis, and r e s p i r a t o r y and/or v a s o m o t o r
c o l l a p s e , e v e n w i t h a b r u p t apnea ( 4 9 - 5 1 ) .
6.43 T r e a t m e n t
T r e a t m e n t o f t h i o r i d a z i n e overdosage involves
s y m p t o m a t i c and s u p p o r t i v e c a r e . T h e r e a r e n o
s p e c i f i c a n t i d o t e s f o r thioridazine intoxication;
however, a n t i c h o l i n e r g i c a n t i p a r k i n s o n i a n d r u g s may
b e u s e f u l i n management of e x t r a p y r a m i d a l
r e a c t i o n s accompanied by t h i o r i d a z i n e o v e r d o s a g e .
The s t o m a c h s h o u l d b e e m p t i e d by g a s t r i c l a v a g e
f o l l o w i n g a c u t e i n g e s t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e . I f t h e
p a t i e n t i s comatose, h a v i n g s e i z u r e s o r a d y s t o n i c
r e a c t i o n , g a s t r i c l a v a g e may be p e r f o r m e d w i t h a n
e n d o t r a c h e a l t u b e with cuff i n f l a t e d t o avoid
a s p i r a t i o n of g a s t r i c c o n t e n t s . Due t o g r e a t
r e d u c t i o n o f GI-mo t i 1i t y f o 11owing o v e r d o s a g e of
t h i o r i d a z i n e , g a s t r i c l a v a g e may be u s e f u l e v e n
several hours a f t e r the drug ingestion.
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n of a s a l i n e c a t h a r t i c may b e
b e n e f i c i a l i n e n h a n c i n g e v a c u a t i o n of t h e d r u g from
t h e GI-tract. S u i t a b l e therapy should be i n s t i t u t e d
i f h y p o t e n s i o n o c c u r s ; e p h e d r i n e s h o u l d be a v o i d e d
( 4 2 ) . I n a c u t e t o x i c i t y e x c h a n g e t r a n s f u s i o n s may
b e b e n e f i c i a l , b u t h e m o d i a l y s i s i s of l i t t l e v a l u e
f o r r a p i d e l i m i n a t i o n of t h e drug.
6.5 C a u t i o n s
Care s h o u l d be t a k e n t o a v o i d s k i n c o n t a c t w i t h
t h i o r i d a z i ne o r t h i o r i d a z i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e , s i n c e
c o n t a c t d e r m a t i s i s has been observed. T h i o r i d a z i n e
a p p e a r e d t o b l o c k u s e of f e e d b a c k i n f o r m a t i o n , t h i s
o b s e r v a t i o n was o b t a i n e d f r o m a n e v a l u a t i o n o f
j u d g m e n t ' s p e r f o r m a n c e i n some s c h i z o p h r e n i c p a t i e n t s
(53).
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6 . 6 A d m i n i s t r a t i o n and Dosage
6.61 A d m i n i s t r a t i o n
T h i o r i d a z i n e and t h i o r i d a z i n e h y d r o c h l o r i d e a r e
a d m i n i s t e r e d o r a l l y , b u t when t h i o r i d a z i n e
hydrochloride o r a l concentration s o l u t i o n i s u s e d ,
t h e d o s e s h o u l d be d i l u t e d ( w i t h w a t e r o r f r u i t
j u i c e ) j u s t before administration (40,54).
6.62 Dosage
Dosage o f t h i o r i d a z i n e and t h i o r i d a z i n e h y d r o -
c h l o r i d e i s e x p r e s s e d i n terms of t h e h y d r o c h l o r i d e
s a l t . Dosage must be c a r e f u l l y a d j u s t e d a c c o r d i n g
t o i n d i v i d u a l r e q u i r e m e n t s and r e s p o n s e u s i n g t h e
l o w e s t p o s s i b l e e f f e c t i v e dosage. Dosage s h o u l d be
i n c r e a s e d more g r a d u a l l y i n d e b i l i t a t e d o r
g e r i a t r i c patients.
F o r t h e symptomatic c o n t r o l of p s y c h o t i c d i s o r d e r s ,
t h e u s u a l i n i t i a l a d u l t d o s a g e of t h i o r i d a z i n e i s
50-100 mg 3 t i m e s d a i l y . R e c o m m e n d e d d o s a g e s
g r e a t e r t h a n 300 mg d a i l y b e r e s e r v e d f o r a d u l t s
w i t h s e v e r e n e u r o p s y c h i a t r i c c o n d i t i o n s . Dosages up
t o 800 mg d a i l y g i v e n i n 2-4 d i v i d e d d o s e s may b e
required i n hospitalized, or severely psychotic
a d u l t s . Dosage d u r i n g p r o l o n g e d maintenance t h e r a p y
w i t h t h i o r i d a z i n e s h o u l d be k e p t a t t h e l o w e s t
e f f e c t i v e l e v e l ; once a n a d e q u a t e r e s p o n s e h a s been
o b t a i n e d , dosage s h o u l d be g r a d u a l l y r e d u c e d and
subsequently a d j u s t e d according t o the patient’s
t h e r a p e u t i c r e s p o n s e and t o l e r a n c e . Because of t h e
r i s k of a d v e r s e r e a c t i o n s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h
c u m u l a t i v e e f f e c t s of p h e n o t h i a z i n e s , p a t i e n t s w i t h
a h i s t o r y of l o n g - t e r m t h e r a p y w i t h t h i o r i d a z i n e
and/or o t h e r a n t i p s y c h o t i c a g e n t s s h o u l d be
e v a l u a t e d p e r i o d i c a l l y t o d e t e r m i n e whether d r u g
t h e r a p y c o u l d be d i s c o n t i n u e d .
F o r t h e s h o r t - t e r m t r e a t m e n t of a d u l t s w i t h m a j o r
d e p r e s s i o n who a l s o h a v e v a r y i n g d e g r e e s of
a s s o c i a t e d anxie,ty, or f o r t h e symptomatic
management o f a g i t a t i o n , a n x i e t y , d e p r e s s e d mood,
t e n s i o n , s l e e p d i s t u r b a n c e s , and f e a r s i n g e r i a t i c
p a t i e n t s , t h e u s u a l i n i t i a l d o s a g e of t h i o r i d a z i n e
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6.7 Pharmaceutical P r e p a r a t i o n s
Thioridazine
O r a l S u s p e n s i o n - e q u i v a l e n t t o t h i o r i d a z i n e hydro-
c h l o r i d e 25 o r 100 mg/5 m l . Meuaril-S, Sandoz.
T h i o r i d a z i n e Hydrochloride
O r a l S o l u t i o n , c o n c e n t r a t i o n - 3 0 mg/ml [ M e l l a r i l
C o n c e n t r a t e ( w i t h a l c o h o l 3% and p a r a b e n s ) , S a n d o z ;
T h i o r i d a z i n e H C 1 I n t e n s o l , Roxane.]
100 mg/ml - M e l l a r i C o n c e n t r a t e ( w i t h a l c o h o l 4.2% and
p a r a b e n s ) , Sandoz; Thioridazine.HC1 I n t e n s o l , Roxane.
6.8 Stability
7. ANALYTICAL METHODS
7.1 Qualitative
7.15 Chromatography
hR,r - value*
Solvent system ~
Reference
Thioridazine Mesoridazine
1N sodium acetate 24 54 62
1N sodium formate-n- 40 61 62
propanol (90:lO)
Formamide + ammonium
formate
Cyclohexane-benzene 43 57
(90:l o )
Kerosene/ethanol-water- 16 57
ammonia (60:38:2).
Kerosene/ethanol-water- 35 58,59
ammonia (75:23:2).
Tributyritd0.2 M acetate 19 60
buffer pH 4.58, at
95OC
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Detection: For d e t e c t i o n of t h e d r u g i t i s
p o s s i b l e t o u s e UV-light, e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e
s h o r t region, where fluorescence o r
a b s o r p t i o n c a n be o b s e r v e d ( 6 1 ) . Because o f
t h e p h o t o o x i d a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e and i t s
h y d r o c h l o r i d e s a l t , i t i s recommended t o
record the fluorescence or a b s o r p t i o n
i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r t a k i n g t h e chromatogram o u t
of t h e j a r . The c o l o r of t h i o r i d a z i n e s p o t s
c a n a l s o be i n f l u e n c e d by t h e rests of t h e
s o l v e n t s y s t e m used. According t o M e l l i n g e r
and Keeler ( 6 2 ) t h e f l u o r e s c e n c e is m a i n l y
i n f l u e n c e d by t h e c h e m i c a l s t r u c t u r e o f t h e
p h e n o t h i a z i n e s . The main r o l e i n t h i s r e s p e c t
i s due t o t h e s u b s t i t u e n t on t h e C-2 c a r b o n
i n t h e p h e n o t h i a z i n e r i n g ( 6 1 ) . The
s u b s t i t u t i o n by a n a l k y l m e r c a p t o - g r o u p i n
thioridazine results in bluish yellow
f l u o r e s c e n c e o r b l u e f l u o r e s c e n c e . On a
f l u o r e s c e n t l a y e r of s i l i c a g e l t h i o r i d a z i n e
like other phenothiazines appear mostly a s
q u e n c h i n g s p o t s . As f o r b a s i c d r u g s
Dragendorff's r e a g e n t , o r d e t e c t i o n w i t h
i o d o p l a t i n a t e a r e t h e most common c h e m i c a l
methods f o r d e t e c t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e . B e s i d e
these reagents, s u l f u r i c acid i n various
modifications is usually used, i t has the
a d v a n t a g e of d i s t i n g u i s h i n g t h e d i f f e r e n t
p h e n o t h i a z i n e s by c o l o r . I t i s p o s s i b l e t o
s p r a y w i t h a q u e o u s 20-50% o r 10% e t h a n o l i c
s o l u t i o n s of s u l f u r i c a c i d . S u l f o x i d e s r e a c t
w i t h t h e s e r e a g e n t more s l o w l y t h a n t h e
original drug (63). Sulfuric acid with
anhydrous sodium s u l f a t e ( 4 : l v/w) ( 6 0 ) , and
f o r m a l d e h y d e - s u l f u r i c a c i d (Marqui's r e a g e n t )
a r e a l s o m o d i f i c a t i o n s ( 6 1 ) . Some a u t h o r s
recommend s p r a y i n g w i t h a 0 . 5 % s o l u t i o n o f
p a l l a d i u m c h l o r i d e , with about 5 ug-
s e n s i t i v i t y l i m i t , which is s e l e c t i v e f o r
phenothiazines in general (58,59,61).
Thioridazine r e a c t s w i t h t h i s reagent with
t h e f o r m a t i o n of d a r k r e d s p o t s . S i m i l a r
r e a g e n t s are f e r r i c c h l o r i d e , g o l d c h l o r i d e
and c e r r i c s u l f a t e ( 5 8 , 5 9 ) ; t h e f i r s t r e a g e n t
(aqeuous 2%) i s a u s e f u l d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g
reagent f o r phenothiazines.
504 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A . AL-RASHOOD
D r i s c o l l fi fi ( 7 1 ) s t u d i e d t h e
identification of phenothiazines by the GLC
of their pyrolysis products. Variations in
the amounts of many low-molecular-weight
pyrolysis such as methane, ethylene, and
propylene are sufficiently characteristic of
the compounds to permit identification by
their GLC-retention behaviour. GLC-separation
and identification of thioridazine and
thioridazine sulfoxide, i.e., mesoridazine,
were studied by Kofoed -et -a1 (72), with FID
and using stainless-steel or glass columns
packed with 3 % SE-30 on Gas Chrom Q. The
sulfoxide gave only very broad peaks even by
running at higher temperatures (73).
7.2 Ouantitative
7.211 Volumetry
i) Aqueous Titration
7.212 Electrochemistry
i) Controlled-potential coulometry
f o r q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e b y
a d o p t i n g two d i f f e r e n t s u p p o r t i n g e l e c t r o -
l y t e s but using platinum a s the working
e l e c t r o d e . Table 9 summarizes t h e o v e r a l l
a n a l y t i c a l c o n d i t i o n s and r e s u l t s .
Control sample
potential, weight, Refer-
* ence
-
Supporting electrolyte V vs. SCE Reaction -
mg Precision
i i ) Voltammetry
A p p l i c a t i o n of m i c r o l i t e r v e s s e l s i n
v o l t a m m e t r i c q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of s m a l l sample
volumes of t h i o r i d a z i n e i s d e s c r i b e d by E b e l
-
et - a1 ( 7 8 ) . O x i d a t i v e voltammetry of
t h i o r i d a z i n e a t 3-mm v i t r e o u s - c a r b o n ; i . e . ,
s t a t i o n a r y e l e c t r o d e (sample volume 80 u l ) ,
o r a r o t a t i n g - d i s c e l e c t r o d e (sample volume 1
ml) u s i n g d r o p p i n g mercury e l e c t r o d e a r e
a p p l i e d f o r q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of t h e drug.
7.213 S p e c t rophotome t r y
Ramappa a n d B a s a v a i a h ( 7 9 ) d e s c r i b e d a
c o l o r i m e t r i c procedure f o r q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of
five phenothiazines including thioridazine
h y d r o c h l o r i d e i n p u r e and i n some d o s a g e
.
f o r m u l a t io n s
508 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
7.214 Chromatography
T h e s e p a r a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e with
p romaz i ne, c h lorpromazine, together with
promethazine is achieved on thin layers, and
the additional separation by GC-column is
realized successfully. Rf -values calculated
from elution data in centripetal TLC coincide
with those for classical linear TLC. The
c o m b i n a t i o n of PC and TLC with other
chromatographic methods seems to have good
p r o s p e c t s for q u a l i t a t i v e as well a s
quantitative analysis i n pharmaceutical
substances and related interest (61).
THIORIDAZINE AND THlORIDAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE 509
7.221 Spectrometry
Lovering - et -
a1 ( 8 5 ) . Solutions of the drug
(in 1% HC1) were analyzed on a stainless-
steel column ( 1 5 cm x 4 . 6 mm ) of Zorbax CN
with 0.025-M sodium acetate buffer (pH 4 . 8 ) -
acetotrile-methanol 4 : 7 : 9 , v/v/v> as mobile
phase ( 2 . 5 ml.min-') and 2 5 4 nm detection;
phenylpropanolamine w a s the i n t e r n a l
standard. The coefficient of variation was <
2 . 5 % for peak-areay < 1% for peak heights and
< 2 . 2 % (n=3) for analysis of tablets.
7 . 2 2 3 Automated Flow-Injection
7.23 D e t e r m i n a t i o n i n T i s s u e s and B i o l o g i c a l F l u i d s
7.231 S p e c t r o p h o t o m e t r y and S p e c t r o f l u o r o -
m e try
T h i o r i d a z i n e c a n be s p e c t r o p h o t ome t r i c a l l y
d e t e r m i n e d i n u r i n e a f t e r e x t r a c t i o n (87,881.
A non s p e c i f i c s p e c t r e f l u o r o m e t r i c method f o r
d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e and some o t h e r
phenothiazine drugs i n plasma i s described
(89). Some of t h e non-conjugated m e t a b o l i t e s
of t h i o r i d a z i n e , c h l o r p r o m a z i n e , and t r i f l u o -
r o p e r a z i n e c a n be d e t e c t e d and d e t e r m i n e d
too. The d r u g i s e x t r a c t e d w i t h h e p t a n e , re-
e x t r a c t e d i n t o a c e t i c a c i d and t h e n o x i d i z e d
w i t h hydrogen p e r o x i d e t o the corresponding
f l u o r o p h o r e s . The measurement i s c a r r i e d o u t
a g a i n s t a b l a n k o f plasma; f o r t h i o r i d a z i n e
EX: 355 nm, EM: 430 nm, and a n a l y s i s a t 370-
4 8 0 nm. T h i s p r o c e d u r e d i s t i n g u i s h e s between
t h e common p h e n o t h i a z i n e s b u t n o t b e t w e e n a
d r u g and i t s m e t a b o l i t e s i n a l l c a s e s . Pacha
(90) described a s i m i l a r s p e c t r o f l u o r i m e t r i c
method f o r q u a n t i f i c a t i o n of t h i o r i d a z i n e and
mesoridazine i n plasma and, u r i n e a f t e r
t r e a t m e n t w i t h 0.2-N H2S04 and 0.1% KMn04; EX
: 355 nm and EM : 440 nm.
7.232 Chromatography
Tewari ( 9 1 ) i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e a p p l i c a b i l i t y of
TLC u s i n g 18 s y s t e m s f o r d e t e c t i o n a n d
determination of 2 2 d i f f e r e n t p s y c h o t r o p i c
drugs including thioridazine i n toxicological
screening.
Dinovo - et - a1 ( 9 2 ) d e s c r i b e d a GLC-procedure
f o r t h e d e t e c t i o n a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n of
t h i o r i d a z i n e and i t s m a j o r m e t a b o l i t e s i n
p l a s m a s p e c i m e n s . A f t e r a l k a l i n i z a t i o n of
plasma, i t i s e x t r a c t e d w i t h o r g a n i c s o l v e n t
m i x t u r e f o l l o w e d by s e v e r a l c l e a n - u p s t e p s
512 EZZAT M. ABDEL-MOETY AND KHALID A. AL-RASHOOD
NT-2sdfbdde 5.7
l l d o r l d a z l (TI Plasm (h-llne detector caiplcd thtbnol (50%)a d 0.01t1 -50-120 p6 103
T-2sul f oxlde t o a s u l t n b l e IIpLc-colum acetate b I k r #I 5 ( Y X ) . (0.01-4 w>ul-')
(injected)
T-2sulf0ne
T a b l e 11 c o n t d ...
5 c l u l t l v lt y Reference
nilorldazlre (T) Plasm % alllra eel vlth 2,2,4-Trlm.rliylpcnLlne (Roz) mtllyleW W (154 rm)
lbrthlorldarlne (M) precolum f l l t e r s . ddoride (10%). nnd m t l u d (10%)
T-2 or S-sulfoxide mntalrdng 0.0361 ncthylamlne, a t
T-2auUonc 2.25nl.nlr~~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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1. Introduction
2. Description
2.1 Name, Formula, Molecular Weight
2.2 Appearance, Color, Odor
3. Synthesis
4. Physical Properties
4.1 Infrared Spectrum
4.2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra
4.3 Ultraviolet Spectrum
4.4 Mass Spectrum
4.5 Me1ting Range
4.6 Solubi1ity
4.7 Moisture Content
4.8 Isomerism
4.9 X-Ray Crystallography
4.10 Fluorescence Spectroscopy
5. Methods of Analysis
5.1 Elemental Analysis
5.2 Color Tests
5.3 Spectrophotometric Analysis
5.4 Fluorescence Analysis
5.5 Paper Chromatography
5.6 Thin-Layer Chromatography
5.7 Gas-Liquid Chromatography
5.8 High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Degradation-Stability
6.
Pharmacokinetics
7.
7.1 Absorption
7.2 Distribution
7.3 Metabolism
7.4 Excretion
8. Determination in Biological Fluids
8.1 Plasma
8.2 Blood
8.3 Urine
8.4 Other
9. Determination in Pharmaceuticals
10. References
THIOTHIXENE 529
1. Introduction
thiothixene thioproperazine
Thiothixene is an antipsychotic drug which is used
mainly in the treatment of both acute and chronic schizo-
phrenia. It has also been effective in anxious depressed
patients 1121 and is expecially active in disorders of per-
ception, thought content and processes, insight and judgment
[13]. Improvement in hallucinatory behavior or irritability,
social competence and personal neatness has been shown [91.
Symptoms such as mannerisms, suspiciousness, tension, with-
drawal, hostility, and disorientation also seem to be
considerably decreased [ 9 ] .
Thiothixene disrupts conditional avoidance behavior in
rats at low doses ( 3 . 2 mg/kg ip) [7,9,141and in monkeys
[141. It blocks apomorphine induced emesis in dogs [7,141 at
less than 5 pg/kg iv. Thiothixene blocks hyperactivity
[7,91,stereotyped symptoms and mortality rates caused by
amphetamines in mice and rate [71. It exhibits only very
weak anticholinergic, antihistaminic, hypotensive, hypother-
mic [8,141,and sedative properties in animals [141. It is
very weak in disrupting escape behavior in rats, in potenti-
ating hexobarbital o r ethanol induced l o s s of righting
reflex, and in eliciting flaccidity in rats [7]. Thiothixene
530 DOROTHY K. WYATT AND LEE T. GRADY
KN’
I Thiothixene
-
CH C H ,-CH , ‘2 H2gN302S2
SO,-~(CH,X mo?ecular weight: 443.62
CAS Registry No. : 5591-45-7
(2-) 3313-26-6
THIOTHIXENE 531
2.2 Synonyms
N,N-Dimethyl-9-[3-(4-methyl-l-piperazinyl)propyli-
dene I thioxanthene-2-sulfonamide [22,23,24,25,27I
9-H-Thioxanthene-2-sulfonamide, N,N-dimethyl-9-[3-
(4-methyl-l-piperazinylpropylidene]-, (Z-) [22,251
cis-9-[3-(4-Methyl-l-piperazinyl)propylidene]-2-
( dimethylsulfonamide th ioxanthene 23 1
cis-2-Dimethylsulfamoyl-9-[3-(4-methyl-piperazin-l-
y1)propylidene thioxanthene [61
Tiotixene, Navane, Orbinamon, Navaron(obso1ete)
r 23,251
2.3 Appearance, Color, Odor, and Taste
Thiothixene is a white to tan almost odorless
crystalline powder [26].
3. Synthesis
See following pages.
4. Physical Properties
4.1 Infrared Spectroscopy
Principal bands of a thiothixene potassium bromide
dispersion are given in Table I 128,301. A typical spectrum
of a potassium bromide dispersion is presented in Figure 1.
The spectrum can also be determined in a 1 in 20 chloroform
dispersion of the drug in 0.1 mm cells [22].
Table I
Infrared Characteristics of Thiothixene
IJ
- assignment
6.1 C=C
7.5 502
8.7
12.
502
vinyl CH
4.2 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
3.1 Synthesis from 9-lithio-N,N-dimethylthioxanthene-2-sulfonmide [281.
7.81 singlet 1 -H 31
7.60 doublet 3-H
7.57 doublet 4-H
7.48 doublet 8-H
7.35 doublet 5-H
7.31 triplet 6-H
7.24 triplet 7-H
6.01 triplet 14-H
2.73 singlet ( CH3 1SO2-
2.62 quartet -CH2CH=
2-54 triplet -CH2N-
2.52, 2.45 mu1tiplet piperazine
2.27 singlet CH3N-
2.28 singlet CHQN- 28
2.72 singlet ( CH-))S02-
6.03 mu1tiplet 14-H
72-7.7 mu1tiplet aromatic CH
7.86 mu1tiplet 1-H
7.3-7.8 aromatic CH 32
6 14-H
9.3-8.4 aromatic CH 32"
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Table I11
140.1 11
137.7 12
135.1 13
134.2 9
133.4 2
132.1 14
130.4 10
127.7 1
127.5 6
127.2 7
127.0 4
125.9 3
125.8 8
125.8 5
4.3 Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
The ultraviolet absorption spectrum of thiothixene
is given in Figure 6. Absorbance and wavelength maxima are
given in Table IV.
Table IV
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-
Ultraviolet spectrum of thiothixene.
Table V
4.6 Solubility
The approximate solubilities are reported in Table
VI.
Table VI
Solubilities of Thiothixene
Solvent Solubility Reference
water practically insoluble 24,26
alcohol solub1e 24
alcohol slightly soluble 26
chloroform ver; soiuble 24,26
acetone slightly soluble 24,26
methanol slightly soluble 24
carbon tetrachloride slightly soluble 26
Cis- ( 2 - ) Thiothixene
- Trans- (E-) Thiothixene
-
Cis- and trans- thiothixene both are formed during
synthesis. Either isomer is converted readily into an equi-
librium mixture consisting of 37% cis-thiothixene [8,18,21,
221. Conversion has been accomplished by irradiation of the
-
cis or trans isomer which has been stored under nitrogen
1371. Either isomer can also be dissolved in 2 aqueous
hydrochloric acid and heated for four hours to produce the
THIOTHIXENE 545
Table VII
Mt
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3.76 7.97
6. Degradation-Stability
The major decomposition product of thiothixene is 2-
(N ,N-dimethyl-su1fonamido)-9-thioxanthone “13,591
7. Pharmacokinetics
7.1 Absorption
Thiothixene is rapidly absorbed following oral
administration [29]. Patients are given between 6 and 60 mgs
daily in divided doses [24]. A 20 to 60 mg dose is usually
given [35]. The therapeutically effective plasma concentra-
tion in humans has been reported as 10.0 to 22.5 ng/mL [351.
The ED (intraperitoneal dosing) was 0.3 mg/kg (antiampheta-
mine) ?or mice and 1.0 to 3.2 mg/kg (antiavoidance) for rats
[28]. LD50 values of 100 mg/kg [28] and 55 mg/kg [291 for
mice and rats (intraperitoneal dosing) were obtained,
respectively.
An absorption half-life of approximately 0.5 hours
was obtained based on human plasma studies [351. An early
disappearance half-life of 3.5 hours and a late disappearance
half-life of 34 hours were observed 1353. Peak plasma levels
were obtained 1 t o 3 hours after administration of the daily
final dose [35]. In rat studies, an early half-life of 3
days and a later half-life of approximately 4.5 days were
observed for the liver. Plasma levels declined more rapidly
1291.
554 DOROTHY K . WYATT AND LEE T. GRADY
7.2 Distribution
Thiothixene is widely and rapidly distributed in
the tissues of rats [29]. Distribution after a single dose
(8mg/kg of thiothixene-26 ) is given in Table VIII for
tissues examined 4 hours a%ter dosing. At 4 hours after
intraperitoneal dosing, all tissues examined had higher
levels of radioactivity.
Table VIII
Intraperitoneal Oral
-
4 hour 24 hour 4 hour 24 hour
heart 1.12,1.50 0.14,O.Og 0.21 ,O. 13 0.14,0.05
lung 4.75,2.05 0.70,0.80 0.85,O.90 0.09,o. 10
liver 11.43,7.91 4.42,5.91 4.96,7.17 6.60,5.71
kidney 1.50,0.46 0.61,0.38 0.47,0.68 0.42,O. 19
stomach 23.50,10.69 0.23,0.46 9.12,14.35 0.04,O.05
skin 1.651.31 0.23,O. 32 0.04,O. 05 0.28 2 0.01
muscle 1.20,1.25 0.09,O. 14 0.04,O.09 0.03,O.02
brain 0.23,O .09 0.02,0.04 0.04,O. 02 0*01,0.01
Table IX
1 2 3
heart 1.07 0.61 0.81
lung 2.08 1.67 1.87
liver 21.35 15.62 12.32
kidney 3.58 1.77 2.96
stomach 3.37 3.05 2.84
muscle 0.98 0.23 0.66
brain 0.06 0.03 0.21
7.3 Metabolism
The liver is the major site of thiothixene metabo-
lism. Thiothixene is rapidly metabolized with little of the
drug excreted unchanged [ 2 9 ] . Some adverse effects on hepa-
tic excretory function have been reported in rats [51. Bile
samples obtained within 0.5 hours of drug administration
contain the same range of metabolites as later urine and bile
samples.
7.4 Excretion
Thiothixene is excreted mainly in the bile of both
rats and dogs studied although dogs did excrete a greater
fraction in the urine [29]. A 5:2 ratio of biliary to
urinary excretion was obtained for dogs 1291. Little to no
thiothixene is excreted unchanged with no discernible changes
in the pattern of metabolites during the course of excretion
[291.
THIOTHIXENE 557
8.1 Plasma
A GC/EIMS procedure using a 1% Pentisil TM-350
column has been developed f o r the determination of thiothix-
ene in plasma (sections 4.4, 5.7) [351. The plasma samples
were prepared by adding 80 ng of the internal standard, tri-
deuterothiothixene, to 4 mL of plasma. The solution was made
alkaline by adding 4 drops of 2 sodium hydroxide and then
extracted first with diethyl ether and then with 5 mL of
ether-hexane (3:l). The combined organic extracts were dried
over sodium sulfate and the solvent evaporated under dry
nitrogen. The residue was dissolved in 0.1 mL of 0.01
methanolic acetic acid and 0.05 mL aliquots were analyzed by
G U M S using m/e 113 (thiothixene) and m/e 116 (trideutero-
thiothixene) fragments for quantitation [35]. Sensitivity
was determined to be less than 1 ng/mL of plasma. The ratio
of the peaks at the two masses together with the known con-
centration of internal standard added to the plasma samples
were used to calculate the concentration of thiothixene
present.
A GC/CIMS-SIMS procedure was developed for the
determination of thiothixene in plasma using a 3% SP-2250-DB
column (sections 4.4, 5.7). The mass fragment at 113 was
used for quantitation. As above, trideuterothiothixene was
used as the internal standard. The percent of the inactive
trans-isomer can also be determined using this procedure.
The trans-isomer exhibits a mass fragment at m/e 447 which
was not observed for the --isomer. Plasma samples were
prepared by centrifugation of blood in a heparinized vacu-
tainer. Four mL aliquots of plasma were taken, internal
standard added, and the pH adjusted to pH 10.5-11.5 by drop-
wise addition of 1 !sodium hydroxide. The samples were then
extracted with 6 mL of ether-hexane (3:1, v/v) followed by
two 4 mL extractions using the ether-hexane mixture. The
organic phases were combined and evaporated at 30°C under
nitrogen. The residue was dissolved in 10 uL of methanol;
5 pL was used for the determination of thiothixene content in
plasma. The detection limit was less than 1 ng/mL of plasma
[361.
An HPLC procedure using a Varian Micropak CN 10 or
Waters radial compression columns and ultraviolet or electro-
chemical detection has been described for the determination
of thiothixene in plasma [601 (section 5.8). Plasma samples
were prepared by alkalinizing 1 mL of plasma with 1 sodium
hydroxide and extracting this solution with mixed hexanes f o r
558 DOROTHY K. WYATT AND LEE T. GRADY
8.4 Other
A gas chromatographic procedure was used in the
analysis of liver samples [49] as described in section 5.7.
Thirty grams of liver were homogenized in 20 mL of water for
30 seconds. After the addition of 110 mL of ethanol the
solution was homogenized for 2 minutes. After centrifuga-
tion, the weight of the separated supernatant was adjusted to
150 g by addition of ethanol and the extract was filtered.
To 2.5 g of extract (0.5 g of wet liver tissue), 200 pL of
methanol solution was added containing 0.05 mg/mL of cycli-
zine and 0.1 mg/mL of mesoridazine as internal standards.
The solution is evaporated to near dryness under a stream of
nitrogen. The residue is reconstituted in 0.5 mL of Tris
buffer yielding a final pH of 9.0. The mixture was shaken
for 1 minute after the addition of 1 mL of butyl acetate.
The butyl acetate layer is removed after centrifugation and
injected into the gas chromatograph.
Thiothixene can be analyzed in brain tissue by the
fluorescence assay used in plasma determinations [63] after
treatment. The brain tissue is homogenized by hand in a
mixture of 2 mL of 1 y sodium carbonate and 2 mL of 1
sodium bicarbonate. The homogenate is extracted by shaking
with 10 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane f o r 15 minutes. After
centrifugation for 20 minutes, 5 mL of the dichloroethane
phase was withdrawn The remaining material was homogenized
again and re-extracted with 10 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane for
15 minutes. The phases were again separated by centrifuga-
tion and 10 mL of the dichloroethane solution was removed and
combined with the previous 5 mL aliquot. The thiothixene was
then extracted into 1.5 mL of 0.1 sulfuric acid by shaking
for 15 minutes and determined by the fluorescence assay
described previously.
9. Determination in Pharmaceuticals
References
1. Sterlin, C., Ban, T.A., et al., Curr. Ther. Res., 14(4),
205 ( 1972).
23. The Merck Index, Tenth Edition, Merck & Co., Inc.,
Rahway, New Jersey ( 1983) p . 1342.
24. USP DI. Drug Information for the Health Care
Professional, Ninth Edition (1989) Vol. IB, p . 2319.
25. Clarke, E.G.C., Isolation and Identification of Drugs,
2nd Edition, The Pharmaceutical Press, London, ( 1985) p .
1021.
27. USAN and the USP Dictionary of Drug Names, United States
Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
(1989) p . 547.
28. Muren, F., Bloom, B.M., J. Med. Chem., 13, 17 (1970).
46. Kroger, V.H., Bohn, G., Rucker, G., Dtsch. Apoth. Ztg.,
-
117, 1923 (1977).
47. Dobrecky, J., Rev. Farm. (Buenos Aires), 114,42 (1972).
Contents
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
1.2 Formulae
1.3 Molecular Weight
1.4 Elemental Composition
2. Physical Properties
3. Synthes is
4. Biosynthesis
5. Stab i 1i ty
6. Methods of Analysis
7. Pharmacokinetics
Acknowledgment
References
CYCLOSERINE 5 69
1. Description
1.1 Nomenclature
D-4-Amino-3-isoxazolidinone
D-4-Amino-3-isoxazolidone
1.2 Formulae
1.2.1 Empirical
C3H6N20 2
1.2.2 Structural
-NH
4 2
Is
0' 3
\;/ $0
H
[ 68-41-71
T50MVTJ DZ *DX ( 3 )
570 HUMEIDA A. EL-OBEID AND ABDULLAH A . AL-BADR
102.09 (1)
2. Physical Properties
2.3 Solubility
4000 3ooo 2500 2000 1800 1600 1400 1000 800 600 400 200
WAVE NUM BE R ( C M - 1 )
CH
0
-
u)
Dioxane
LL)
I
,c=o
\
-
N
H t
L
H HG? NH2
-- co
:cJt H
m / e 102
m / e 74
NH,
L
7'
H
II
C
*O
-
N -CH2=CHNH 2
H-0
N'
C
.'\o
m / e 102 m / e 59
CYCLOSERINE 5 77
28
Figure 7 : The X-ray diffraction pattern
Of D -cyc loser ine.
CYCLOSERINE 58 1
3. Synthesis
€30-CH2-CH
I
- COOH -* HO-CH2-CH
I
- COOCH3
I I
NH2 NH2
CONHOH
d dCOOCH3
I - Ph I
Ph- C Ph- C - Ph
I I
Ph
Ph
C1-CH -CH-NH2
2 l
CONH-OH
H
(1111 D-Cycloserine
CYCLOSERINE 583
4. Biosynthesis
-
- -
way for D-cycloserine biosynthesis is: L-serine 0-
acetyl-L-serine 0-Ureido-L-serine ----L 0-Ureido-D-
serine D-cycloserine (Scheme 11).
0
It
HO-CH -CH - NH2 -- CH -C-O-CH2-CH - NH
3 2
2 1 COOH I
COOH
0-Acetyl-L-serine
H2N-CONHOH
Hydroxy
urea
0-Ureido-L-serine
T2- T - NH2
0-Ureido-D-serine
NH2 I
H
D-Cycloserine
CYCLOSERINE 585
5. Stability
6. Methods of Analysis
7. Phareacokinetics
7.1 Absorption
7.2 Distribution
7.3 Elimination
References
‘CONTENTS
1. Therapeutic function.
2. Description.
3. Physical Properties.
4. Spectral Properties.
5. Chemical Properties.
6. Synthesis.
7. Metabolism.
8. Pharmacokinetics.
9. Clinical Toxicity.
10.1 Identification.
10.2 Fluorine Content.
10.3 Spectrophotometric Analysis.
10.3.1 Colorimetry.
10.3.2 Ultraviolet Spectrometry.
10.3.3 Infrared Spectrometry.
10.3.4 Flourine-19-NMR.
10.3.5 Mass Spectrometry.
10.3.6 Fluorometry.
11. Electrochemistry.
Acknowledgement.
References .
602 SAID M. BAYOMI AND ABDULLAH A. AL-BADR
5-FLUOROURACIL
1. THERAPEUTIC FUNCTION
2. DESCRIPTION
2.1 Nomenclature
5-Fluoro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione,
2,4-Dioxo-5-fluoro pyrimidine,
2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, 5-fluoro.
2.2 Formulae
2.2.1 Empirical
C4H3FN202
2.2.2 Structural
0 9"
FLUOROURACIL 603
130.08
RO 2-9757
[ 5 1-2 1-8 ]
White t o p r a c t i c a l l y w h i t e , o d o r l e s s , c r y s t a l l i n e
powder ( l ) , c r y s t a l s from w a t e r o r methanol ( 2 ) .
3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
3.1 Melting P o i n t
The f o l l o w i n g t h e r m o d y n a m i c a n d p h y s i c o c h e m i c a l
parameters were p r e d i c t e d v a l u e s based on t h e a v a i l a b l e
h e a t of f u s i o n , m e l t i n g p o i n t , s o l u b i l i t y parameters (of
t h e d r u g and p r o s p e c t i v e s o l v e n t s ) and m o l a r volume of
5 - F l u o r o u r a c i l (5-FU). Heat of f u s i o n and m e l t i n g p o i n t
were determined by Du Pont (TA 9900) DSC u n i t (Fig. 7 ) .
The s o l u b i l i t y p a r a m e t e r and t h e m o l a r volume were
c a l c u l a t e d from s t r u c t u r e u s i n g Fedor's (5) s u b s t i t u e n t
c o n s t a n t s . Heat of v a p o r i z a t i o n ( A %), h e a t of mixing
("H,), h e a t of d i s s o l u t i o n ( A H d i s s ) , partition
c o e f f i c i e n t s o f 5-FU b e t w e e n d i f f e r e n t s o l v e n t s ,
a c t i v i t y c o e f f i c i e n t and s o l u b i l i t y i n d i f f e r e n t
s o l v e n t s w e r e c a l c u l a t e d u s i n g a developed ( 4 ) program
which i s b a s e d on t h e i n t e r - r e l a t e d t h e r m o d y n a m i c
e q u a t i o n s . These constants a r e l i s t e d i n the following
Table:-
604 SAID M. BAYOMI AND ABDULLAH A. AL-BADR
~~ ~~ ~~
Sol. i n m c t - 4.849687E-07
an01 (ml/L)
Log PC n-octanol -2.987449
kg Pc chloroform -3.701223
3.3 P a ck i ng and S t o r a g e
Preserve i n t i g h t , l i g h t - r e s i s t a n t containers.
FLUOROURACIL 605
3.4 Caution
4. SPECTRAL PROPERTIES
3122 NH Stretch
1718 and 1655 C = 0, C = N- stretch
1425
1243 CH in plane
812 CH out plane.
W
u
z OH
Q
m
L1:
0
I n d
m H
4
. _~
1
3
0
w
0
u
0
0
0
0
-
N
0
s
0
0
co
0
0
E
0
0
z
0
5:
N
60
I
FLUOROURACIL 609
a (DMSO-d6) 2.49
b (HDO) 3.43
C 7.80
d 10.80
e 11.45
50.C
15261 68 88 97 108
I. ' ' ' I ' ' I . .- I " - ' 1 ' .n
0 OH
a (DMSO-d6)
b (Keto-enol) ;::p
c
d
(Keto-enol)
c 137.57
142.08
150.08
e 158.00
f 158.21
h -2.
0 -281.5
.
E
3 -4
E
-281.0 oz
h
u ,A Purity ! 100.800Moleo/o !?
3
3 Melting pt : 278.7C -280.5 ;;i
-6. Depression : -0.55c L
LL aJ
c Delta H : 36.9kJ I mole Q
a Correction : 20.00°/0
-280.0 E
a, $7 f3 aJ
I -8 P Mol.weight : 130.1 g l M o l e I-
The X-ray p a t t e r n of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l is p r e s e n t e d i n
F i g u r e 8. T h e i n t e r p l a n n e r d i s t a n c e and r e l a t i v e
i n t e n s i t y a r e shown i n t h e f o l l o w i n g t a b l e : -
X-Ray D i f f r a c i o n P a t t e r n of 5-Fluorouracil.
1/10 1/10
d = i n t e r p l a n a r d i s t a n c e 1/10 = r e l a t i v e i n t e n s i t y
based on h i g h e s t i n t e n s i t y of 100.
616 SAID M . BAYOMI AND ABDULLAH A. AL-BADR
10-
9-
8-
7-
6-
70 65 55 45 35 25 15 5
20
Figure 8: X-Ray powder d i f f r a c t ion
p a t t e r n of 5 - F l u o r o u r a c i l .
FLUOROURACIL 617
5. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
0 10
9
I' H+
5.2 Hydrolysis
6. SYNTHESIS
Scheme 1:
0 0
li II
FCH,C-OK +. CH,Br FCH,C-0-CH,
I
NaO C,H
+ F O
K O C ~ - ' I . . -e-O-CH,
111
H
H H
V VI
7. METABOLISM
-
SAID M . BAYOMI AND ABDULLAH A. AL-BADR
FUDP /
FUMPI
- FUTP
5FU
\\
-uridine
FUR FdUDP
1
RNA
FUdR /
- FdUMP
Metabolism of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l i n s e n s i t i v e and r e s i s t a n t
N o v i k o f f h e p a t o m a (15) and t u m o r c e l l s ( 1 6 ) was
reported.
E x p e r i m e n t a l s t u d y of an i n c r e a s e i n f t o r a f u r a c t i v i t y
under t h e i n f l u e n c e of p h e n o b e r b i t a l , g l u t a t h i o n e , and
u r a c i l was r e p o r t e d (18,19).
S t u d i e s on t h e a b i l i t y of t h y m i d i n e t o m o d i f y t h e
c h e m o t h e r a p e u t i c a c t i v i t y a n d m e t a b o l i s m o f 5-
f l u o r o u r a c i l and 1-fl-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine i n rat
and mice was r e p o r t e d by Danhauser ( 2 1 ) .
8. PHARMACOKINETICS
8 . 1 Absorption
8.2 Distribution
8.3 Elimination
9. CLINICAL TOXICITY ( 6 )
10.1 I d e n t i f i c a t i o n
A: The i n f r a r e d a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m of a m i n e r a l o i l
d i s p e r s i o n of i t e x h i b i t s maxima o n l y a t t h e same
w a v e l e n g t h s a s t h a t of a s i m i l a r p r e p a r a t i o n of USP
F l u o r o u r a c i l RS.
B: T h e u l t r a v i o l e t a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m of a 1 i n
100,000 s o l u t i o n i n a pH 4.7 a c e t a t e b u f f e r ( p r e p a r e d
from 8.4 g o f sodium a c e t a t e and 3.35 mL of g l a c i a l
a c e t i c a c i d mixed w i t h w a t e r t o make 1000mL) e x h i b i t s
maxima and minima a t t h e same wavelengths as t h a t of a
s i m i l a r s o l u t i o n of USP F l u o r o u r a c i l RS, c o n c o m i t a n t l y
measured, and t h e r e s p e c t i v e a b s o r p t i v i t i e s , c a l c u l a t e d
on t h e d r i e d b a s i s , a t t h e wavelength of maximum absor-
bance a t about 266 nm do n o t d i f f e r by more t h a n 3%.
10.2 F l u o r i n e Content
US Pharmacopeia 1985 ( 3 ) d e s c r i b e s t h e a s s a y of f l u o r i n e
5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l a s follows:
F l u o r i n e c o n t e n t - - [ N o t e - A l l l a b o r a t o r y u t e n s i l s used
i n t h i s procedure should be s c r u p u l o u s l y c l e a n and f r e e
f r o m e v e n t r a c e a m o u n t s o f f l u o r i d e . The u s e of
p l a s t i c w a r e , wherever p o s s i b l e , i n t h e p r e p a r a t i o n and
s t o r a g e of s o l u t i o n s and f o r measurement of p o t e n t i a l s
is recommended].
I s o p r o p y l a l c o h o l s o l u t i o n - D i l u t e 295mL o f
i s o p r o p y l a l c o h o l w i t h water t o 500 mL.
R e a g e n t b l a n k - P i p e t 15 mL of 1,2-dimethoxyethane
i n t o a f l a t - b o t t o m , g l a s s - j o i n t , 500-mL f l a s k , and
p r o c e e d a s d i r e c t e d u n d e r T e s t p r e p a r a t i o n , beginning
w i t h "add t h e c o n t e n t s of a 15-mL v i a l 0s s o d i u m
b i p heny 1 s o 1u t ion.
Test p r e p a r a t i o n -
P l a c e 200 mg of F l u o r o u r a c i l ,
a c c u r a t e l y weighed, i n a 250-mL v o l u m e t r i c f l a s k , add
about 150 mL of 1,2-dimethoxyethane, shake by mechanical
means t o d i s s o l v e , d i l u t e w i t h t h e same s o l v e n t t o
volume, and mix. P i p e t 1 5 mL of t h i s s o l u t i o n i n t o a
flat-bottom, g l a s s - j o i n t , 500-mL f l a s k , add t h e c o n t e n t s
of a 15-mL v i a l of sodium biphenyl s o l u t i o n through a
long-stem f u n n e l t o prevent s p l a t t e r i n g , s w i r l t h e f l a s k
g e n t l y , and cover with a watch c r y s t a l . Allow t o s t a n d
FLUOROURACIL 625
P r o c e d u r e - Measure t h e p o t e n t i a l , i n mV, of t h e
T e s t p r e p a r a t i o n w i t h a s u i t a b l e pH m e t e r h a v i n g a
minimum r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y of +0.2 mV, and equipped w i t h a
f l u o r i d e - s p e c i f i c i o n e l e c t r o d e and a g l a s s - s l e e v e d
M o d i f i e d c a l o m e l r e f e r e n c e e l e c t r o d e . When t a k i n g a
measurement, immerse t h e e l e c t r o d e s i n t o t h e s o l u t i o n ,
which h a s b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d t o a 150-mL p l a s t i c beaker,
i n s e r t a s u i t a b l e plastic-coated s t i r r i n g bar, place the
b e a k e r on a m a g n e t i c s t i r r e r , t a k i n g adequate precau-
i o n s t o p r e v e n t h e a t t r a n s f e r , and s t i r f o r 2 m i n u t e s
b e f o r e reading. Dry t h e e l e c t r o d e s between measurements,
t a k i n g c a r e n o t t o s c r a t c h t h e c r y s t a l s u r f a c e of t h e
s p e c i f i c ion electrode. D e t e r m i n e t h e q u a n t i t y of
f l u o r i n e , i n mg p e r 100 mL of T e s t p r e p a r a t i o n , from t h e
S t a n d a r d c u r v e . M u l t i p l y t h e q u a n t i t y by t h e f a c t o r
138.9 t o e x p r e s s t h e r e s u l t a s percentage. Not l e s s t h a n
13.9% and not more t h a n 15.0% of f l u o r i n e , c a l c u l a t e d on
t h e d r i e d b a s i s , i s found.
Assay - 0.1 N T e t r a b u t y l a m m o n i u m h y d r o x i d e i n
methanol - D i l u t e w i t h methanol a commercially a v a i l a b l e
s o l u t i o n of tetrabutylammonium h y d r o x i d e i n m e t h a n o l ,
and s t a n d a r d i z e a s d i r e c t e d u n d e r Tetrabutylammonium
Hydroxide, Tenth-Normal (0.1 N).
10.3 Spectrophotometric A n a l y s i s
10.3.1 Colorimetry
Hassib ( 2 7 ) r e p o r t e d a q u a l i t a t i v e and q u a n t i t a t i v e
a n a l y s i s of two u r a c i l a n t i c a n c e r drugs i n c l u d i n g 5-
f l u o r o u r a c i l . The drugs were s e l e c t i v e l y i d e n t i f i e d
and e s t i m a t e d i n p u r e and i n dosage forms by means
of c o l o r r e a c t i o n s . 5 - F l u o r o u r a c i l was t r e a t e d with
bromine w a t e r i n borox medium, and t h e n w i t h 2,4-
dimitrophenylhydrazine i n a c i d i c medium t o g i v e a n
o r a n g e - r e d p r e c i p i t a t e -7hich produces a d i s t i n c t l y
v i o l e t s o l u t i o n when t r e a t e d w i t h p o t a s s i u m
hydroxide s o l u t i o n . From 100 gm sample c o n t a i n i n g 30
ug of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l , 29 p g were r e c o v e r e d by t h i s
method.
L i ( 2 8 ) r e p o r t e d t h e s e p a r a t i o n of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l
from 5 - f l u o r o c y t o s i n e . The m i x t u r e was s t i r r e d i n
1 0 % h y d r o c h l o r i c a c i d a t 5-10' f o r one hour t o
p r e c i p i t a t e 5-f l u o r o u r a c i l . The f i l t r a t e was made
a l k a l i n e w i t h 20% N H 4 0 H t o p r e c i p i t a t e 5-fluorocy-
t o s i n e . The l a t t e r was d e c o l o r e d by a c t i v e c a r b o n
and washed w i t h a c e t o n e t o g i v e 5 - f l u o r o c y t o s i n e
w i t h 99% p u r i t y .
10.3.2 U l t r a v i o l e t Spectrometry
Gaussian a n a l y s i s of a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r a f o r a 0.01 N
sodium h y d r o x i d e s o l u t i o n Containing 5-f l u o r o u r a c i l
a t 270 and 300 nm have been r e p o r t e d by Tikhvinskaya
and E g e r t s ( 2 9 ) . I t showed t h e m o l a r e x t i n c t i o n
c o e f f i c i e n t s t o be 4570 and 3000 r e s p e c t i v e l y .
D e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n e x t i n c t i o n
c o e f f i c i e n t s f o r t h e drug i s s u g g e s t e d f o r q u a n t i -
t a t i v e a n a l y s i s of t h e drug i n t h e presence of t h e
others.
Borodavkin e t a 1 ( 3 0 ) have s t u d i e d t h e a b s o r p t i o n
u l t r a v i o l e t s p e c t r o s c o p y and e l e c t r o n i c s t r u c t u r e of
some 5 - s u b s t i t u t e d analogs of pyrimidines.
FLUOROURACIL 621
10.3.3 I n f r a r e d Spectrometry
The v i b r a t i o n a l s p e c t r a of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l and of 6 -
a z a u r a c i l have b e e n r e p o r t e d by R a i ( 3 1 ) . The I R
a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r a and i n t e n s i t i e s of 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l
( 4 2 f r e q u e n c i e s ) were r e c o r d e d a t 200-4000 c m - l .
T a u t o m e r i c b e h a v i o r of t h e m o l e c u l e s was n o t e d ;
t h e s e m o l e c u l e s were k e t o n i c . The fundamental (24-
f r e q u e n c i e s ) of u r a c i l , 6 a z a u r a c i l a n d 5-
f l u o r o u r a c i l were c o r r e l a t e d .
B u r n e l l e t a 1 ( 3 3 ) have d e t e r m i n e d t h e c o m p l e t e
f l u o r i n e c h e m i c a l s h i f t t e n s o r from t h e moment of
t h e magnetic resonance l i n e s h a p e . The 19F c h e m i c a l
s h i f t t e n s o r s were r e p o r t e d f o r f l u o r a n i l and f o r 5-
f l u o r o u r a c i l u s i n g t h e magnetic f i e l d d e p e n d a n c e of
t h e s e c o n d and t h i r d moments of t h e i r f l u o r i n e
magnetic resonance s p e c t r a . The v a l u e s o b t a i n e d a t
25' f o r t h e p r i n c i p a l chemical s h i f t t e n s o r compo-
n e n t s and t h e asymmetry p a r a m e t e r s a r e 55 ppm and
0.3 f o r 5 - f l u o r o u r a c i l .
Marunaka ( 3 4 ) r e p o r t e d t h e e l e c t r o n i m p a c t mass
s p e c t r a f o r 5-f l u o r o u r a c i l and some N - s u b s t i t u t e d
d e r i v a t i v e s . C h a r a c t e r i s t i c fragment i o n s were
produced by r e t r o - D i e l - A l d e r d e c o m p o s i t i o n of t h e
f l u o r o u r a c i l skeleton.
628 SAID M. BAYOMI AND ABDULLAH A. AL-BADR
10.3.6 Flourometry
S e v e r a l HPLC m e t h o d s have b e e n r e p o r t e d i n t h e
l i t e r a t u r e f o r t h e q u a n t i t a t i v e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of 5-
f l u o r o u r a c i l and of i t s m e t a b o l i t e s i n b i o l o g i c a l
fluids.
Driessen -
et -
a1 (45) reported a gas liquid chromato-
graphic assay of 5-fluorouracil in blood plasma. Gas
chrom Q was used a s the support material, 3%
Versamid 930 was the absorbent, and 5 chlorouracil
the internal standard. A sensitivity of 1 nglinjec-
tion was reported.
Gelijkens -
et -a1 (47) have described the preparation
and capillary gas chromatographic properties of
volatile derivatives of 18 pyrimidine and purine
nucleic acid bases (N,O-peralkyl and trifluroacetyl-
N,O-alkyl derivatives).
Mori -et -
a1 (57) determined metabolites in tissues
after administration of 1-hexylcarbamoyl-5-f luoro-
uracil. After oral administration of the compound to
rats, the concentration of 5-fluorouracil and its
analogs in liver were determined simply and
accurately by gas-chromatography-mass spectrometry.
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12. ISOTACHOPHORESIS
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ERRATA
SPIRONOLACTONE-Volume 4, p. 431
It has been pointed out by J . McB. Miller of the European Pharmacopoeia1
Commission that the infra-red spectrum of Spironolactone (Fig. l), presented on
page 434 of Volume 4, exhibits an intense absorption band at about 770 cm-',
indicative of the presence of residual chloroform in the preparation.
Miller has provided a KBr (chloroform free) spectrum of Spironolactone,
representing the European Pharmacopoeia Reference Substance (Fig. 1).
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CUMULATIVE INDEX
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Cyclothiazide, 1, 66 Gluthethimide, 5 , 139
Cypropheptadine, 9, 155 Gramicidin, 8, 179
Dapsone, 5, 87 Griseofulvin, 8, 219; 9, 583
Dexamethasone, 2, 163; 4, 519 Guanabenz acetate, 15, 319
Diatrizoic acid, 4, 137; 5, 556 Halcinonide, 8, 251
Diazepam, 1,79; 4,518 Haloperidol, 9, 341
Dibenzepin hydrochloride, 9, 181 Halothane, 1, 119; 2, 573; 14, 597
Dibucaine and dibucaine hydrochloride, 12, Heparin sodium, 12, 215
105 Heroin, 10, 357
Diflunisal, 14, 491 Hexestrol, 11, 347
Digitoxin, 3, 149 Hexetidine, 7, 277
Digoxin, 9, 207 Homatropine hydrobromide, 16, 245
Dihydrcergotoxine methanesulfonate, 7, 81 Hydralazine hydrochloride, 8, 283
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, 2, 199; 12, 7113 Hydrochlorothiazide, 10, 405
Diperodon, 6, 99 Hydrocortisone, 12, 277
Diphenhydramine hydrochloride, 3, 173 Hydroflumethiazide, 7, 297
Diphenoxylate hydrochloride, 7, 149 Hydroxyprogesterone caproate, 4, 209
Disopyramide phosphate, 13, 183 Hydroxyzine dihydrochloride, 7, 319
Disulfiram, 4, 168 Impenem, 17, 73
Dobutamine hydrochloride, 8, 139 Imiprarnine hydrochloride, 14, 37
Dopamine hydrochloride, 11, 257 Indomethacin, 13,211
Doxorubicine, 9, 245 lodamide, 15, 337
Droperidol, 7, 171 Iodipamide, 2, 333
Echothiophate iodide, 3, 233 Iopamidol, 17, 115
Emetine hydrochloride, 10, 289 Iopanoic acid, 14, 181
Enalapril maleate, 16, 207 Isocarboxazid, 2, 295
Ephedrine hydrochloride, 15, 233 Isoniazide, 6, 183
Epinephnne, 7, 193 Isopropamide, 2, 315; 12, 721
Ergonovine maleate, 11, 273 Isoproterenol, 14, 391
Ergotamine tartrate, 6, 113 Isosorbide dinitrate, 4, 225; 5, 556
Erythromycin, 8, 159 Ivermectin, 17, 155
Erythromycin estolate, 1, 101; 2, 573 Kanamycin sulfate, 6, 259
Estradiol, 15, 283 Ketamine, 6, 297
Estradiol valerate, 4, 192 Ketoprofen, 10, 443
Estrone, 12, 135 Ketotifen, 13, 239
Ethambutol hydrochloride, 7, 231 Khellin, 9, 371
Ethynodiol diacetate, 3, 253 Leucovorin calcium, 8, 315
Etomidate, 12, 191 Levallorphan tartrate, 2, 339
Etoposide, 18, 121 Levarterenol bitartrate, 1, 49; 2, 573; 11, 555
Fenoprofen calcium, 6, 161 Levodopa, 5, 189
Flucytosine, 5, 115 Levothyroxine sodium, 5, 225
Fludrocortisone acetate, 3, 281 Lidocaine base and hydrochloride, 14, 207; 15,
Flufenamic acid, 11, 313 761
Fluorouracil, 2, 221; 18, 599 Lithium carbonate, 15, 367
Fluoxymesterone, 7, 251 Lorazepam, 9, 397
Fluphenazine decanote, 9, 275; 10, 730 Maprotiline hydrochloride, 15, 393
Fluphenazine enanthate, 2, 245; 4, 524 Mebendazole, 16, 291
Fluphenazine hydrochloride, 2, 263; 4, 519 Mefloquine hydrochloride, 14, 157
Flurazepam hydrochloride, 3, 307 Melphalan, 13, 265
Furosemide, 18, 153 Meperidine hydrochloride, 1, 175
Gentamicin sulfate, 9, 295; 10, 731 Meprobamate, 1, 209; 4, 520; ll, 587
Glibenclamide, 10, 337 6-Mercaptopurine, 7, 343
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Mestranol, 11, 375 Phenylpropanolamine hydrochloride, 12, 357;
Methadone hydrochloride, 3, 365; 4, 520; 9, 13, 771
601 Phenytoin, 13, 417
Methaqualone, 4, 245, 520 Physostigmine salicylate, 18, 289
Methimazole, 8, 351 Phytonadione, 17, 449
Methotrexate, 5, 283 Pilocarpine, 12, 385
Methoxsalen, 9,427 Piperazine estrone sulfate, 5, 375
Methyclothiazide, 5,307 Pirenzepine dihydrochloride, 16, 445
Methylphenidate hydrochloride, 10, 473 Piroxicam, 15, 509
Methyprylon, 2, 363 Pralidoxine chloride, 17, 533
Metoclopramide hydrochloride, 16, 327 Prazosin hydrochloride, 18, 361
Metoprolol tartrate, 12, 325 Primidone, 2,409; 17, 749
Metronidazole, 5, 327 Probenecid, 10, 639
Minocycline, 6, 323 Procainamide hydrochloride, 4, 333
Minoxidil, 17, 185 Procarbazine hydrochloride, 5,403
Mitomycin C, 16, 361 Promethazine hydrochloride, 5,429
Mitoxantrone hydrochloride, 17, 221 Proparacaine hydrochloride, 6, 423
Morphine, 17, 259 Propiomazine hydrochloride, 2, 439
Moxalactam disodium, 13, 305 Propoxyphene hydrochloride, 1, 301; 4, 520;
Nabilone, 10, 499 6,598
Nadolol, 9,455; 10, 732 Propylthiouracil, 6, 457
Nalidixic acid, 8, 371 Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, 8, 489
Naloxone hydrochloride, 14,453 Pyrazinamide, 12, 433
Nalorphine hydrobromide, 18, 195 Pyridoxine hydrochloride, 13,447
Natamycin, 10, 513 Pyrimethamine, 12, 463
Neomycin, 8, 399 Quinidine sulfate, 12, 483
Neostigmine, 16, 403 Quinine hydrochloride, 12, 547
Nifedipine, 18, 221 Ranitidine, 15, 533
Nitrazepam, 9,487 Reserpine, 4, 384; 5, 557; 13, 737
Nitrofurantoin, 5, 345 Rifampin, 5, 467
Nitroglycerin, 9, 519 Rutin, 12,623
Norethindrone, 4, 268 Saccharin, 13,487
Norgestrel, 4, 294 Salbutamol, 10, 665
Nortriptyline hydrochloride, 1, 233; 2, 573 Salicylamide, 13, 521
Noscapine, ll, 407 Secobarbital sodium, 1, 343
Nystatin, 6, 341 Silver sulfadiazine, 13, 553
Oxazepam, 3,441 Sodium nitroprusside, 6, 487; 15, 781
Oxyphenbutazone, 13, 333 Spironolactone, 4,431; 18, 641
Oxytocin, 10, 563 Streptomycin, 16, 507
Papaverine hydrochloride, 17, 367 Strychnine, 15, 563
Penicillamine, 10, 601 Succinycholine chloride, 10, 691
Penicillin-G benzothine, 11, 463 Sulfadiazine, ll, 523
Penicillin G, potassium, 15, 427 Sulfadoxine, 17, 571
Penicillin-V, 1, 249; 17, 677 Sulfamethazine, 7, 401
Pentazocine, 13, 361 Sulfamethoxazole, 2, 467; 4, 521
Phenazopyridine hydrochloride, 3, 465 Sulfasalazine, 5, 515
Phenelzine sulfate, 2, 383 Sulfisoxazole, 2, 487
Phenformin hydrochloride, 4, 319; 5, 429 Sulindac, 13, 573
Phenobarbital, 7, 359 Sulphamerazine, 6, 515
Phenoxymethyl penicillin potassium, 1, 249 Sulpiride, 17, 607
Phenylbutazone, l l , 4 8 3 Terpin hydrate, 14, 273
Phenylephrine hydrochloride, 3,483 Testolactone, 5, 533
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Testosterone enanthate, 4, 452 Thiothixene, 18, 527
Tetracaine hydrochloride, 18, 379 Timolol maleate, 16, 641
Tetracycline hydrochloride, 13,597 Tolbutamide, 3, 513; 5 , 557; W , 719
Theophylline, 4, 466 Trazodone hydrochloride, 16,693
Thiabendazole, 16, 611 Triamcinolone, 1, 367; 2, 571; 4, 521, 524; 11,
Thiamine hydrochloride, 18,413 593
Thioridazine and Thioridazine hydrochloride, Triamcinolone acetonide, 1, 397, 416; 2, 571;
18,459 4, 521; 7, 501; ll,615
Thiostrepton, 7,423 Triamcinolone diacetate, 1,423; 11, 651
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