Spectrophotometric determination of cetylpyridinium chloride in pharmaceutical products.

The aim of this work is to study the formation of chelate compound of strontium (Sr(II)) with bromopyrogallol red (BPR) and cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and to develop a simple, rapid and sensitive method for spectrophotometric determination of CPC in pharmaceutical products, based on the influence of micellar media on the absorption spectra of the complex of Sr(II) with BPR. The formation of the ternary complex (Sr(II)-BPR-CPC) is accompanied by a marked increase in the absorbance and a bathochromic shift in the maximal absorption of the complex from 555 to 627.5 nm, hence, there is a difference (Deltalambda=lambda(Sr) (BPR) (CPC)-lambda(Sr) (BPR)=72.5 nm) and large hyperchromic shift in lambda(max) (DeltaA=A(Sr) (BPR) (CPC)-A(Sr) (BPR)=0.258), and the ternary complex is stable for at least 2 days. The optimum pH range for the reaction is 4.0-5.0 and Beer's law is obeyed over the concentration range 0.01-0.07 mg/ml. The method has been successfully applied to the direct determination of cetylpyridinium chloride in pharmaceutical product where excellent agreement between reported and obtained results were achieved. The relative standard deviation was better than 1% in all cases.

Use of xylenol orange and cetylpyridinium chloride in rapid spectrophotometric determination of zinc in pharmaceutical products.

A simple, rapid, and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of zinc(II) is performed, based on colour reaction between the metal ion and xylenol orange in the presence of surfactant cationic cetylpyridinium chloride. The important analytical parameters and their effects on the reported system are investigated. Zinc(II) reacts with the reagent and surfactant in the ratio 1:2:4 (metal:ligand:surfactant) in the pH range 5.0-6.0 to form a ternary complex with an absorption maximum at 580 nm. The reaction was extremely rapid, at room temperature, and the absorbance value remains unchanged for at least 168 h. The apparent stability constant of the complex was found to be K = 1.05 x 10(10), and the method adheres to Beer's law for 1-20 microg zinc(II) per 25 ml with apparent molar absorptivity of 1.1 x 10(4) l mol cm(-1). The effect of foreign ions was tested by taking a constant concentration of metal ion and determining its concentration in the presence of large number of foreign ions. The method was applied for determination of zinc(II) in dermal ointments where excellent agreement between reported and obtained results were achieved. The relative standard deviation was better than 2%.