Kinetic determination of propranolol in tablets by oxidation with ceric sulphate

Salah M. Sultan*, Saad A. Altamrah, Abdullah M. Aziz Alrahman, Ibrahim Z. Alzamil, Mohammed O. Karrar

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Abstract

A simple and accurate kinetic method for the determination of propranolol has been developed. Cerium(IV) sulphate (0.5 M) is used to oxidize propranolol in 2 M sulphuric acid at room temperature to the ketone form that absorbs light at a λmax of 525 nm. The fixed-concentration method is used by recording the exact time, t(s), taken for the reaction to reach a fixed absorbance of 0.100. The unknown concentration, c(M), of propranolol is calculated from the equation: 1/t = 0 0.000217 + 0.03 c. The method has been applied to the determination of propranolol in proprietary tablets and the results were compared with those obtained by the B.P. and other standard methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-286
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

Keywords

  • Kinetics
  • fixed-absorbance method
  • propranolol determination.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Spectroscopy
  • Clinical Biochemistry

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