Diclofenac, derived from benzeneacetic acid, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is more usually found as a sodium or potassium salt with potent anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic properties. Its mechanism of action is associated principally with the inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis (specifically, inhibition of cyclooxygenase).1) Diclofenac is indicated for a variety of conditions such as acute and chronic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. Diclofenac also has been demonstrated to be an effective migraine treatment in several placebo-controlled studies.2-4) It has been determined by a variety of analytical techniques, such as UV/Vis spectrophotometry, [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] fluorimetry, [12][13][14] reflectometry, 15) liquid chromatography, [16][17][18][19] and flow injection analysis with solid-phase spectroscopic detection. 20) However, as far we know, there is no kinetic-spectrophotometric method for the determination of diclofenac in the literature.The aim of this work is to develop a simple, rapid, reliable, precise and accurate kinetic method for the determination of diclofenac sodium in pharmaceutical preparations. The method is based on a ligand-exchange reaction. Diclofenac shows complexing ability with cobalt(II). The complex agreed with the empirical formula CoD 2 · H 2 O and the cobalt ions are co-ordinated through the carboxylate group of the ligand (diclofenac, D).
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ExperimentalApparatus The reaction rate was monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring the rate of change of absorbance at 376 nm. The readings were performed on a Perkin-Elmer Lambda 15 UV/Vis spectrophotometer, connected to a thermo-circulating bath.pH measurements were carried out using a Hanna Instruments pH meter. In addition, high precision volume micropipettes (Lab Mate ϩ ) of 50, 500 and 1000 ml were used for handling or pipetting the solutions.The solutions were thermostated at 22Ϯ0.1°C before the beginning of the reaction.Potentiometric titrations were conducted using a Titrino 716 DMS in dynamic equivalence-point titration (DET) mode. The evaluation of EPs was based on the zero crossing of the second derivate of the titration curve.Reagents A diclofenac stock solution (1ϫ10 Ϫ3 mol l Ϫ1 as the sodium salt) was prepared from pharmaceutical 99.9% certified products supplied by a pharmaceutical laboratory (Galenika, a.d., Belgrade, Serbia). The solution was stored at 4°C. Working solution was prepared daily from this solution, as required, by dilution with water.Acetic acid solution (HAc, 10 mol l
Ϫ1) was prepared from glacial HAc (Merck).1-Nitroso-2-naphthol solution (1ϫ10 Ϫ3 mol l Ϫ1 ) (Merck) was prepared by dissolving a known amount in 5 ml absolute ethanol and diluting it with water (total volume 50 ml).The stock cobalt(II) solution (1.7ϫ10 Ϫ3 mol l Ϫ1 ) was prepared by dissolving CoCl 2 ϫ6H 2 O (Merck) in water.Ionic strength was kept constant at 0.1 by adding an appropriate amount of NaCl solution (mol l
Ϫ1). Analytical grade chemicals an...