tance in large scale analysis. Therefore, highly precise stoichiometric reaction with a reagent possessing antagonistic properties for the assay of pharmaceutical using titrimetric procedure is still the choice of many pharmacopoeias [18,19]. There is only one titrimetric procedure reported for ISX [3] and this scarcity could be due to the non vulnerability of the basic nitrogen group. Although two electron releasing α methyl groups tend to raise the basicity of the amino group present in ISX, because it is a hydrochloride salt, the ISX exists in structure (b) form of Fig. 1 in solution wherein the transfer of non bonding electrons is restricted, and hence the basicity of the amino group gets decreased. The present work removes the proton from the nitrogen utilizing the well known reaction between mercuric acetate and hydrochloride (Fig. 2) prior to the titration with perchloric acid in method A. The ion association reaction of method B provides an alternative to method A because they vary largely in reaction selectivity. The selectivity of the acidimetric method (method A) is based on differences in base strength, whereas method B is specific for protonated amine. Based on the difference in reaction selectivity, both methods found diverse application in tablets, injection and spiked human urine analyses. In order to demonstrate high selectivity of method B, recovery of ISX from the urine matrix was studied. Proposed methods have been validated and found to be accurate and precise. Abstract-Based on the nitrogenous base or quaternary ammonium moiety in isoxsuprine hydrochloride (ISX), two highly accurate and selective titrimetric methods are proposed f or the determination of ISX in spiked human urine, injection and tablets. Non aqueous titration (Method A) involves removal of protonated amine using mercuric acetate for enhanced basic nitrogen prior to titration with perchloric acid in an acetic acid medium using crystal violet as indicator. Two phase titration (Method B) is based on ion association complex formation between sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) and protonated amine of ISX at pH 2.5 in aqueous phase, end point being detected by change in dimethyl yellow color in chloroform layer. The methods are applicable over the concentration range 2.0-20.0 mg and 1.0-10.0 mg for method A and method B, respec tively. Calculations are based on 1 : 1 molar ratio, i.e., JSX : HClO 4 for method A and ISX : SLS for method B, owing to the presence of one nitrogen atom. Method A is applicable to the determination of ISX in tablets whereas method B is applicable to spiked human urine, injection and tablets. The methods are vali dated statistically by comparing the results with those of the reference method by applying the Student's t test and F test. The accuracy was further ascertained by recovery studies via standard addition technique.
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